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| Title | 57-Mile Parkway Link To Be Pushed (Page 2 of 2) |
| Date | July 16, 1958 |
| Description | Reports on the plan to finish and create access to travel for the 57-mile long stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Wagon Road Gap to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park within a three year time span. Details budgeting and locations specific to construction and completion of the parkway link. Discusses the boom in tourism and the resolution that asked the National Park Service for emergency funds for further parking facilities and personnel.
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| Location |
Location Name: Waynesville Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.4887145
Longitude: -82.9887477 |
| Creator Individual | Karl Fleming |
| Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
| Tags |
Asheville (N.C.)
Balsam Gap (N.C.) Clingmans Dome (N.C. and Tenn.) French Broad River (N.C.) Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) Mount Pisgah (N.C.) National Park Service Oteen (N.C.) Pisgah National Forest (N.C.) Roanoke (Va.) Rocking Horse Gap (N.C.) Soco Gap (N.C.) Wagon Road Gap (N.C.) Weems, Sam P. |
| Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
