Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC.
Description:
A route map of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. This map shows not only the route of the Parkway, but also the year when each section of the road was completed. The Parkway began as a New Deal project in 1935 and was not completed until 1987. Altogether, the Parkway is 469 miles long and at its north end it connects with Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, which adds another 105 miles to the route. The Blue Ridge Parkway is part of the National Park system and is the most visited of all the national parks since the end of the Second World War.
Collection:
Maps
Date:
1997
Creator:
Historic American Engineering Record
Subject
MapsContributor
Mills KellyFormat
Black and white imageSource:
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nc0478.sheet.00002a/
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Historic American Engineering Record, “Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC.,” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 23, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/643.
