Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | First cut on right during grading |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | Image shows a man standing on the right side of the road along several rows of cut earth, and a dirt-covered slope leading up from the road. On the left side of the road there is also a slope leading up to a hillside. In the distance there are several illegible signs and two cars, parked on the right side of the road. A mountain appears in the background of the photograph. Image taken somewhere between mileposts 165-174 in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Patrick County and Floyd County, Va. Image taken in 1939; photographer is unknown. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 1S Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Individual | Unknown |
| Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road Patrick County (Va.) People Photographs Road construction Roads Signs and signboards Slope clearing Slopes (road cuts) View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
