Culverts and Reinforced Concrete Bridges, Blue Ridge Parkway – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: Culverts and Reinforced Concrete Bridges, Blue Ridge Parkway, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Culverts and Reinforced Concrete Bridges, Blue Ridge Parkway
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The Blue Ridge Parkway was designed as a scenic route linking Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and its roadway relied on hundreds of small structures to carry water beneath the road and over gullies. This drawing shows the culverts and reinforced concrete bridges that were built along the route, the kind of standardized engineering that let crews build quickly across steep, varied terrain. Construction began in 1935 under the National Park Service and continued in stages for decades, with many of the parkway's concrete spans designed to blend with the landscape. The drawing is a useful record of how the parkway's engineers balanced durability, cost, and the rustic look the project aimed for.
| Original scan | 9,895 × 14,447 px · prints to 33 × 48 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00021a |
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