Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Trucks At Work |
| Title Note | Trucks Transporting Rocks |
| Date | July 9, 1953 |
| Description | Hauling rocks looking north from Station 16. Taken in Section 2U of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Mt. Pisgah and Yellowstone Falls, Station 12-50. |
| Commentary | Rock-loaded trucks transporting rocks either away or towards the construction site. Road 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. Most contracts were carried out under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Roads. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 409 Parkway Milepost: 409.0
Latitude: 35.398668
Longitude: -82.760402 |
| Creator Individual | E.G. Middleton |
| Tags |
Photographs
Road construction Trucks |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
