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Why Blue Ridge Parkway Became a Scenic Mountain Route
The author surveys the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive, praising the journey over speed. It covers parkway origins starting 1924 with Hoover’s idea, CCC work under FDR, construction led by Stanley Abbott, and the multi state linking of Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia. Recent hurricane damage near Asheville disrupted North Carolina sections with lengthy recovery ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lagasse
Blue Ridge Parkway
Skyline Drive
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Herbert Hoover
Piedmont
Southern Appalachian National Park Committee
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Piedmont Plains
Ford
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Harry Byrd
Great Smoky Mountains
Roosevelt
Gether
Stanley Abbott
New York
National Park Service
Shenandoah National Park
Helene
Asheville