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01/15/2024

This is a NC Snow Thread. So what’s up with roads in Avery and Watuaga now? Even to Spruce Pine and so? Closures, Accidents?
Even off the Mtn. if you have a report. Thanks.

04/01/2022

NPS officials announced this week that repairs will begin soon to address significant settlement, cracking, and rock fall on portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Deep Gap and Linville Falls, both in North Carolina. These issues present potential hazards to park visitors and were identified during recent assessments by National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration geotechnical engineers.

Contractors will be on-site beginning the week of April 11, 2022, and work is expected to be complete by September 2022. While work is underway in these areas to install rock and soil anchors, slope netting at cut slopes, reconstruct fill slope, and address needed paving repairs, visitors can expect:

✔ A full parkway closure from milepost 276.4 at US Route 421 to
milepost 280.9 at Old US 421 (near Deep Gap), with detour
information on variable message boards around the project,

✔ Delays around milepost 323 (south of Linville Falls) due to a
single lane closure managed with a temporary traffic light.

It is not uncommon for roads built in mountainous terrain to subside over time. Managing and maintaining the historic motor road and associated infrastructure along the Blue Ridge Parkway is a complex undertaking and requires a multifaceted approach. The Parkway, as one of the most visited units in the NPS, manages 526 miles of paved road, 32 miles of unpaved road, 26 tunnels, 180 bridges, culverts, and a network of road related infrastructure, including the historic, 469-mile mainline motor route.

https://www.nps.gov/blri/learn/news/nc-slope-repair-2022.htm

01/16/2021

Road Closures

05/14/2020

N.C.'s first alpine coaster had a soft opening.

05/09/2020

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04/26/2020

LINVILLE — Officials with Grandfather Mountain announced on Saturday evening, April 25, that the 2020 edition of the annual Singing on the Mountain and the 65th annual Grandfather Mountain Highland

04/15/2020

(NC/VA) – National Park Service officials announced today additional modifications to operations on the Blue Ridge Parkway in a continuing effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Effective immediately, and in addition to all exist...

03/15/2020

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus), Grandfather Mountain will close for two weeks, effective Sunday, March 15. The closure means the park will prohibit public access, including from the main entrance gate and hiking trails. For more information, please visit https://grandfather.com/covid-19-update/.

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