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Title Sharp Curve Construction
Date April 14, 1937
Description Photograph shows workers and construction at hand-placed rock embankment near sharp curve in section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Commentary Section 2C, in Alleghany County, travels for 10.871 miles from Air Bellows Gap to NC 18.
Location Location Name: Section 2C
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.416769
Longitude: -81.193564
Creator Individual W.D. Stanton
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Landscape
Photographs
Road conditions
Road construction
Roads
Rock embankments
Rocks
Vehicles
View of road
Workers
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives