New Blue Ridge Parkway/MST I-26 Bridge

New Blue Ridge Parkway/MST I-26 Bridge This page is not affiliated with the NPS.
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For all of us who love to hike and the MST (as well as civil engineering), this page will detail (in pictures) the construction of the new Blue Ridge Parkway/MST bridge over Interstate 26 in Asheville, N.C.

Update 3/3/26: We're not gone quite yet. We're here until the hill is graded and the grass is planted. Still some touch-...
03/04/2026

Update 3/3/26: We're not gone quite yet. We're here until the hill is graded and the grass is planted. Still some touch-up going on.

12/15/25 Update: The old bridge is being removed to below its foundations. And we now get a view of the new bridge witho...
12/16/2025

12/15/25 Update: The old bridge is being removed to below its foundations. And we now get a view of the new bridge without the old filling the foreground.

11/30/25 Update: Can't drive there anymore and a pile of cut girders awaiting recycle.
12/01/2025

11/30/25 Update: Can't drive there anymore and a pile of cut girders awaiting recycle.

Update 11/22/25: Our old friend is disappearing faster than I though it would...
11/22/2025

Update 11/22/25: Our old friend is disappearing faster than I though it would...

Update 11/20/25: Other people stay out at night taking pictures... these are submitted with permission of Facebook user ...
11/21/2025

Update 11/20/25: Other people stay out at night taking pictures... these are submitted with permission of Facebook user Heatus Fairyus. Captions are mine.

Update: 11:00 PM 11/17/25: Chip away! It's going to take a bit for them to chip these piers down.
11/18/2025

Update: 11:00 PM 11/17/25: Chip away! It's going to take a bit for them to chip these piers down.

11/15/25: The old bridge is starting to disappear.
11/16/2025

11/15/25: The old bridge is starting to disappear.

11/12/2025

11/12/25: Chip away a little bit more. Since the Parkway was closed this morning (ice), the best view I could get of the old bridge was from passing beneath. They are taking the girders from above the road first to reduce traffic impact.

10/31/25: More section of the bridge deck removed. Maybe steel starts to disappear towards the end of next week. All pic...
11/01/2025

10/31/25: More section of the bridge deck removed. Maybe steel starts to disappear towards the end of next week. All pictures courtesy of YouTuber asheland.

10/25/25: Another span of concrete chipped away. Some netting has also been added. From youtube man Asheland
10/25/2025

10/25/25: Another span of concrete chipped away. Some netting has also been added. From youtube man Asheland

10/22/25: It would seem that they are cutting blocks of the old bridge concrete roadbed above the travel lanes during th...
10/22/2025

10/22/25: It would seem that they are cutting blocks of the old bridge concrete roadbed above the travel lanes during the evening when the interstate is closed. We’ll keep you in touch.

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