Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Through rock cut |
Date | October 1940 |
Description | This photograph shows a through rock cut on a mountainside created during construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway. An unpaved road curves from the right side of the image through the cut through area. This photograph was taken in October of 1940 near station 474 and milepost 0.5 of section 1B on the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 0 Parkway Milepost: 0.0
Latitude: 38.030278
Longitude: -78.8575 |
Creator Individual | W.A.J. |
Tags |
Construction
Land construction Nelson County (Va.) Photographs Road construction Roads Rock cuts Rockfish Gap (Va.) Rocks Slopes (road cuts) |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |