The Blue Ridge Parkway
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The idea for the Blue Ridge Parkway was born when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited the newly constructed Skyline Drive in Virginia in 1933. Then U.S. Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia suggested to the president the road should be extended to connect with the recently established Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Roosevelt convened the governors of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee and asked that a planning team be created. On November 24, 1933, Interior Secretary Harold Ickes approved this “park-to-park” highway as a public works project.
With a budget of $16 million, Ickes hired Stanley Abbott, a New York landscape architect, to oversee the project, and Abbott’s vision of a chain of parks and recreational areas with preserved viewsheds began to take shape. A study was conducted to determine the best route for the Parkway with the recommendation being a leg of the highway from the Blowing Rock, NC, area extend over the Unaka Mountains into Tennessee, connecting with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The decision was met with great controversy, particularly by the city of Asheville, NC, which found itself in dire economic straits at the height of the Great Depression. The Asheville Chamber of Commerce and other city leaders joined forces to lobby against the proposed route in favor of a road that passed through their city. An intense campaign began in Washington with the states of Tennessee and North Carolina each vying for a different path for the Parkway.
The Asheville contingency employed the influential U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Josephus Daniels, to lobby on their behalf. Roosevelt had served under Daniels as Secretary of the Navy when Daniels was Defense Secretary under Woodrow Wilson, and the two men were friends. Daniels managed to sway the administration to favor the Asheville route and construction began September 11, 1935, near Cumberland Knob, North Carolina.
Most of the construction was done by private contractors, but a variety of New Deal public works programs were also employed, including the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA), and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). When World War II began, approximately 170 miles were open to travel and another 160 miles were under construction. By the early 1950s, only half of the Blue Ridge Parkway was completed.
In the mid-1950s, the National Park Service launched a ten-year development program, called Mission 66, to mark the 50th anniversary of the agency's creation. The plan included an accelerated effort to complete construction of the Parkway by 1966. This initiative was very successful, finishing all of the Parkway’s construction with the exception of 7.7 miles at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina. Grandfather owner, Hugh Morton, objected to the proposed construction at Grandfather, citing the fragility of the mountain’s ecology.
After years of negotiating, the revolutionary Linn Cove Viaduct – which had been constructed from the top down to protect the mountain’s terrain – opened in 1987, completing the Blue Ridge Parkway’s continuous 469-mile route.
You can see images of the viaduct here:
www.google.com/search?q=linn+cove+viaduct&rlz=1C1CHBF...
Personally, I think they succeeded - you can see how they minimized the impact to the area.
I've posted the entire Black Lake series, and volume 6 and 7 which have never been published, if you'd like to give them a read:
A Black Lake Short Story
On September 5, 2022, a derailment, bridge collapse and subsequent liquid asphalt spill over Spring Creek near Hampton, Iowa caused several Union Pacific trains to detour across Iowa Northern trackage down to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Seen here, UP 1982 leads MSSDMX 04 across the Cedar River via the former CNW "Quaker Oaks" truss bridge, from North Yard to Beverly Yard. Oddly enough, three engines (UP 6284, UP 1982, CP 7056) actually came into Cedar Rapids on MITPS 06, but were left in North Yard. The CP unit was left behind at the yard when MSSDMX was pulled out - UP 1982 and UP 6284 are the power. More detours would follow, but nothing quite as intriguing as 1982 leading down the CR industrial track! Thanks for looking.
I've been on a few road trips to South Carolina, and always marveled at the Appalachian mountains driving through hoping to one day visit. Although not a lot of time to explore as much as I would have liked, it was a dream come true and even better than I had hoped..... thanks to helpful tips from a dear friend💛.....made a few stops enroute to SC in Virginia, West Virginia, and Western North Carolina....this photo is taken from the breathtaking Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina! Grateful to get the chance to experience these new places. 🙏💙
ESC Online Baja TT Montes Alentejanos - FPAK.
Driver / Navigator: Luís CIDADE / Valter CARDOSO
Team: SOUTH RACING CAN-AM
UTV: BRP CAN-AM MAVERICK R
1era Visita del Colectivo Brigada Ramona - Alemania.
Participación en el Festival de Colores en Osnabürck/ Agosto 2010.
A llenar de colores los muros y con todo el corazón. Se juntan distintas generaciones de pintores con un solo nombre - Colectivo BRP- en esta gran aventura y consecuencia de llevar el arte colectivo a otras fronteras. Un gran abrazo a todos
Que no se diga que la identidad de un país solo es la empanada, la cueca y el vino tinto.....
la identidad también tiene cara de muro¡
diseño afiche: ecos