Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Va. 605 and Blue Ridge Parkway |
| Title Note | Structure Site (Site of Underpass) |
| Date | November 18, 1944 |
| Description | Image shows the intersection of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Virginia State Route 605. This is the proposed site of the Irish Gap Overpass which will allow the Blue Ridge Parkway to pass over Virginia State Route 605. There are two people standing near the intersection of the roadways, and they appear to be looking at a mailbox. The image was taken near milepost 37.5 near where Section 1E meets Section 1F of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken on November 18, 1944. |
| Location |
Location Name: Irish Gap Overpass Parkway Milepost: 37.5
Latitude: 37.798333
Longitude: -79.218333 |
| Creator Individual | D.C.B. |
| Tags |
Access roads
Amherst County (Va.) Intersections (roads) Irish Gap (Va.) Overpasses People Photographs Proposed sites Rockbridge County (Va.) |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
