Rock tunnel through cliff on a curving road – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Rock tunnel through cliff on a curving road, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Rock tunnel through cliff on a curving road
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A rock tunnel bored straight through a cliff face, with the road curving away beyond its mouth, is a fitting emblem of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the scenic route that winds along the crest of the Appalachians through Virginia and North Carolina. Tunnels like this were a deliberate choice: rather than blasting the roadway wide across exposed rock, engineers cut through the ridge to keep the grade gentle and the curves smooth. The parkway was designed as a leisure road for motorists, so its builders paired engineering with views, and the stone portal framing the bend shows how carefully the road was fitted into the mountain.
| Original scan | 4,192 × 3,288 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 345940pu |
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