Tag: Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway Projects near Roanoke, Virginia, underway
Park visitors can anticipate a bridge maintenance project and completion of slope failure repairs this season Date: March 29, 2023Contact:BLRI Public Affairs (Vinton, VA) – National Park Service (NPS) officials today announced both a reminder about an ongoing road project and information about a new project on the Virginia section of the Blue Ridge Parkway this visitor season. In anticipation of a
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Blue Ridge Parkway begins major road project in northwest North Carolina
Historic Great American Outdoors Act funding investment provides opportunity to address high priority road maintenance beginning May 1 News Release Date: April 27, 2023 Contact: BLRI Public Affairs, blri_public_affairs@nps.govLAUREL SPRINGS, N.C. – Road closures related to a major infrastructure project are set to begin May 1 in a 75-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 229.6, just north of Doughton
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Blue Ridge Parkway begins planned Mabry Mill wheel repairs
Project addresses mill wheel in 2023, more repairs needed in coming years News Release Date: May 3, 2023 Contact: BLRI Public Affairs FLOYD, Virginia – The first phase of several projects planned to address needed repairs at the Mabry Mill area, milepost 176.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, are set to begin in the coming weeks. National Park Service staff are finalizing plans for immediate repairs of the mill wheel as the first in a series of phased, planned projects at the site. National
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Marie Freeman
Cross Posted From CoffeeMuses.com I drove my wife to a Doctor’s appointment this morning… While she was in to see the doctor I pulled up Facebook on my phone and was just scrolling thru the posts. I came upon a tribute to Marie Freeman that sounded beautiful but sad… After following a few links I found that sad feeling was
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Blue Ridge Parkway in Fall
This video was a pleasant surprise when it showed up in my Youtube recommendations. Well done and covering many of our favorite places on and off the Parkway. Throw in the fall colors and it get a thumbs up from me and my wife. Four days on the entire Blue Ridge Parkway as we witness the fall colors and travel
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Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report from Virtual Blue Ridge
From the web this week… This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for the week of June 18. An abundance of rain in the region here in late spring has given us full creeks and nice waterfalls tumbling down to the piedmont along with prolific wildflower bloom. Beginning on the north end of the Parkway in the Ridge District,
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The Discovery
On our 2004 vacation to northwestern North Carolina we made a day trip north into southwestern Virgina. We drove part of the time on the Blue Ridge Parkway and part of the time on the two lane country roads of the area. We only made it as far north as Mabry Mill that year and the day was overcast and rainy. I managed to
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All Parkway Concession Facilities Open this Weekend!
Via Facebook Group Blue Ridge Parkway What a perfect weekend for the Blue Ridge Parkway! All concession facilities – Peaks of Otter Lodge, Crabtree Falls, Mabry Mill, Bluffs, and the Pisgah Inn — are open on Saturday to take care of your hungries after your favorite hike or activity. The apple trees are in full bloom at the Moses Cone Estate
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Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Guide | America’s Favorite Scenic Drive
The Blue Ridge Parkway today, is in many ways, what it has been for all its years – a ribbon of highway along the high Appalachian ridges of the Southeast, and a gateway to the discovery of ways of life that thrives along its pristine miles. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a ribbon of road that weaves through the region’s
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