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Title Cliff along roadside
Date 1930s
Description Photograph shows grassy slope alongside road in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Commentary Construction of this road began 9/11/1935 and ended 9/21/1939. Noted: General clean up, selective cutting, grading, seeding and planting.
Location Location Name: Milepost 217
Parkway Milepost: 217.0
Latitude: 36.560486
Longitude: -80.911688
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Landscape
Photographs
Roads
Scenery
View of road
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives