Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Access Road on Left of Parkway |
| Title Note | Negative 5988 |
| Date | 1930s |
| Description | Sign and access road on milepost 248, section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. |
| Commentary | Possibly future site of an overpass. Construction on the Blue Ridge Parkway began in 1935 as a part of the Civilian Conservation Corp, which was started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Civilian Conservation Corp was part of the New Deal and was implemented to give young men jobs, as well as to conserve and promote nature and land. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 248 Parkway Milepost: 248.0
Latitude: 36.391166
Longitude: -81.244288 |
| Tags |
Ashe County (N.C.)
Photographs Road construction Signs and signboards United States Bureau of Public Roads |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
