Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Traffic signs as existing Dec 1949 |
| Date | December 8, 1949 |
| Description | Image shows a view of the road at the intersection of the Blue Ridge Parkway with VA Route 8. A paved and lined road runs from the bottom of the photograph straight up through the middle, and a second road intersects at a perpendicular angle, with a small traffic island splitting the second road at the point of intersection. Several signs can be seen around the intersection but their contents are not visible. A car appears to be driving toward the camera, and another car appears to be driving or parked on the right side of the image. 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, 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 |
Automobiles
Floyd County (Va.) Intersections (roads) Photographs Signs and signboards View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
