Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Traffic signs as existing Dec 1949 |
| Title Note | Looking north along the Pkwy away from the intersection. Winter warning sign in foreground. |
| Date | December 8, 1949 |
| Description | Image shows a close-up view of a sign on the right side of the road, stating "Warning: Avoid parkway during fog - snow - ice. Not maintained for winter travel." The road appears paved with a painted line down the center. The land slopes upward away from the road on both sides and is covered in grass. Trees appear in the far background. Image taken by Albert S. Burns on December 8, 1949. Image taken at milepost 165.1 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the intersection of the parkway with VA Route 8. The designated area is near Tuggle Gap in Floyd County, Va. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 165 Parkway Milepost: 165.0
Latitude: 36.915351
Longitude: -80.208014 |
| Creator Individual | Albert S. Burns |
| Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Photographs Signs and signboards Tuggle Gap (Va.) View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
