Parkway Anniversary
This w oa a Umile rtretch
of Parkway between Balaam Cap
m O. ?. l?A-? and Soco Gap on
U. S. IB, ligMieen an driving up
to Waterrock ? ariook with the
greatest of aaaa. Enroute, they en
Joy other viewi front other over
look*. Bat although raaorts, farm
land* and highway! can ha identi
fied in the dlatance, verdant wild
erneu bordeni this (action of the
Parkway.
H Secretary of the Interior Stew
art Udall, Secretary of Commerce
Lutber H Hodgea, Director Con
rad Wirth of *? National Park
Service, and Omgreaaman Roy A.
Taylor of North Carolina bead the
lilt of visitors who will see the
view* from Waterrock during the
Parkway anniversary on August 18.
The program begins at 10 a. m ,
with Secretary Udall making the
principal address.
Celebrating 29 years In which
the Parkway has blazed new trail i
for public recreation and become
the moat visited of all National
Park Service features, the anni
versary also focuses attention on
the Parkway's future.
Legislation introduced by Con
gressman Taylor this year autho
rizes surveying the possibilities of
? 170-mile extension of the Park
way from the Balsam Mountains
to Georgia via North Carolina's
waterfall country soiAhaast of the
Great Smokies.
Of the 477 miles along the Park
way's present sight-of-way in Vir
ginia and North Carolina, 407 are
paved. Thirty-two are now under
construction in the vicinity of
Asheville, North Carolina, and
west through the Pisgah and Bal
sam ranges.
The Blue Ridge Parkway mat the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park in 1090, when 11 miles of
construction between Soco Gap
and U. S. 441 was opened on June
29. That same year, travel experts
of the National Association of
Travel Organizations voted the
Parkway "the most scenic major
highway in America."
In 1096, the Parkway's annual
visitor count topped the five-mil
lion mark for the first time. In
1080, the Parkway drew 6,803,231
visitors. From January 1 through
July 81 of this year, the Parkway
drew 8,102,018 people ? an increase
of 21.8 per cent over the same
period in 1060.
The first annual travel count for
the Parkway, In 1030, was 291,273.
Construction of the Parkway was
started in September, 1038. Sinae
1096, It has been accelerated
through the 10-ye* "Mission 66"
program of the National Park
Service.
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PmraUatia* the building of the
MM road baa bawl the develop
ment of other Parkway feetirea in
terpreting the hietory, geology and
culture of the Southern Appelach
ant and providing hiking, picnick
Inc. camping, Ashing and bo# Un*
The Partway If deigned tod
naintaioed solely (or eaeatton use
rhe toll-free read and its high,
?ride aad handsome right-of-way
form aa eUwgalod park which ia
both ? scenic and recreational ad
venture in its own right and an
kcoi to ? boat of other *ttr*c
tions end resorts. The riffct-of
w ajr is ? botanical and wildlife
sanctuary No billboard* or com
mercial vehicle* are permitted, and
there are no eoageated traffic
areas. Mailmum speed U 48 mpfc;
lower at many loealitiee. Theee
feature*, together with eagiaeer
ing providing for taper elevated
curvet and a maximum grade of
8 per cent, make the Parkway a
relaxing road to travel. It is (or
the leisurely motorist who enjoys
beautiful country. And it'* cool,
became of Ito alutuda, ?v?n fat
Peak visitation I* from May and
J una, when tlx upland flower pa
rade culminate* in laurel, flame
??iif ynH rhododendron Winaomi.
through October, when autumn fol
iage succeeds the cool greea of
Parkway recreational are?? ??d
special exhibits arc open from May
through October. The motor road,
with the exception of highest alti
tude sections which arc eloaod from
mid-November until mid-April, is
available for travel year around.
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