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Title | Parkway Loop Plan Is Given Endorsement At Gathering In Raleigh (Page 1 of 2) |
Date | February 1, 1934 |
Description | Reports on the the decision made by the State Highway and Public Works Commission at a meeting in Raleigh, N.C. to recommend a portion of parkway in North Carolina be constructed to create a return road. The article details various geographic points for planned construction and points of construction relative to Asheville; and the decision that Governor Ehringhaus lead efforts of state delegation. Notes the scenic merits of the parkway and the difficulty in convincing Washington, D.C. officials of such merits.
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Location |
Location Name: Asheville Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.60095
Longitude: -82.55402 |
Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
Tags |
Asheville (N.C.)
Balsam Gap (N.C.) Clarkson, Francis O. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Craggy Mountains (N.C.) Ehringhaus, J.C.B. (John Christoph Blucher) Gilkey, J.Q. Gwyn, Rufus L. Hill, John Sprunt Ickes, Harold L. Jeffress, E.B. (Edwin Bedford) Little Switzerland (N.C.) Raleigh (N.C.) Ratcliffe, George L. State Highway and Public Works Commission Tennessee Washington (D.C.) Weede, Fred L. |
Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |