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| Title | Road completely blocked by slide |
| Date | August 16, 1940 |
| Description | Photograph shows a landslide entirely blocking the roadway near station 128+00 and mile post 318.9 in section 2K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Granville Liles on August 16, 1940. |
| Commentary | This landslide blocks the road and needs a lot of clean up to clear the path. The road was still under construction and this must have caused a decent sized delay. It probably also caused some damage to the existing road buried underneath the debris. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 319 Parkway Milepost: 319.0
Latitude: 35.94827
Longitude: -81.959794 |
| Creator Individual | Granville B. Liles |
| Creator Organization | National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway |
| Tags |
Flood of 1940
Landslides Photographs Road blocks Road damage Roads Rock slides View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
