Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Construction Site |
| Title Note | Truck emptying cargo at construction site |
| Date | June 3, 1953 |
| Description | Layer unloading fill at road construction site on Blue Ridge Parkway, looking south. Taken in Section 2U between Mt. Pisgah and Yellowstone Falls, Station 585-50. |
| Commentary | A truck is unloading rocks at a construction site where a road is being built. Construction began on March 01, 1939. The road was open to traffic on September 02, 1955. The road is 9.611 miles long. It runs between Mt. Pisgah and Yellowstone Falls. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 418 Parkway Milepost: 418.0
Latitude: 35.319737
Longitude: -82.835127 |
| Creator Individual | W.P.W. |
| Tags |
Construction
Construction equipment Photographs Road construction Rocks Trucks |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
