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Title Repairing Parkway near Alta Pass
Date July 1978
Description A photograph taken from the top of an embankment showing workers and a dump truck repairing damage to the Blue Ridge Parkway road surface near Altapass, located at milepost 327.5 in section 2K. Taken by C.E. Westveer in July 1978.
Location Location Name: Altapass
Parkway Milepost: 327.0
Latitude: 35.89346
Longitude: -82.01789
Creator Individual C.E. Westveer
Tags Altapass (N.C.)
Construction
Construction equipment
Photographs
Road construction
Road damage
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway