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The National Park Service restored access to an additional 16 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 201, near Fancy Gap in Virginia, to milepost 217.3, at North Carolina Route 18.
A suspicious device found near Asheville's Blue Ridge Parkway prompted a response from the NPS, FBI, and local authorities, resulting in a temporary evacuation.
This is near the U.S. 70 East entrance to the parkway. The Folk Art Center was evacuated, and a section of the parkway was temporarily closed.
More than half of the Blue Ridge Parkway remains closed in North Carolina because of damage from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. This map shows the closed sections in red as well as eight places ...
ROANOKE, Va. – A large portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed starting April 14 for repaving and rehabilitation, the Blue Ridge Parkway External Affairs Office said.
Roanoke sections of Blue Ridge Parkway are now reopened, but officials on Friday said there is a long way to go as the park recovers from Hurricane Helene.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is among the most-visited national parks in the country. So far in 2025, the parkway has received 1,407,527 visitors, according to National Park Service records.
Repairs to the Blue Ridge Parkway will cost more than $1 billion. In 2023, the Blue Ridge Parkway, with hundreds of miles of winding roads cutting through Virginia and North Carolina, was visited ...
The Blue Ridge Parkway was one of 19 sites honored as National Historic Landmarks this year. Across the U.S., more than 2,600 National Historic Landmarks exist, each representing a vital aspect of ...
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – A stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway reopened Wednesday near Asheville. According to the National Park Service, 11 miles of the parkway, from milepost 382.5, at US 70 ...
The section of the Blue Ridge Parkway between near N.C 151, and U.S. 276 in Pisgah National Forest, reopened Tropical Storm Helene closures.