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Title Just south of Roanoke
Date June 1959
Description The image shows earthwork preparations for road construction cut curving along the side of a wooded ridge. There are clouds over the ridge. The photograph was taken by Jack E. Boucher during June 1959 south of Roanoke, Virginia, near milepost 125 in section 1N of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Milepost 125
Parkway Milepost: 125.0
Latitude: 37.197018
Longitude: -80.009345
Creator Individual Jack E. Boucher
Tags Photographs
Road construction
Roads
Roanoke County (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway