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Title Buck Creek Gap Overpass
Date January 1942
Description View of road construction and stone bridge at Buck Creek Gap Overpass on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Wing wall and arch ring is shown. Mount Mitchell can be seen in the background. Image taken from the North Carolina State Archives and taken by E.G. Middleton in January 1942.
Location Location Name: Buck Creek Gap
Parkway Milepost: 344.1
Latitude: 35.770417
Longitude: -82.164242
Creator Individual E.G. Middleton
Tags Buck Creek Gap (N.C.)
Mount Mitchell (N.C.)
Overpasses
Photographs
Road conditions
Road construction
Stone carving
Yancey County (N.C.)
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives