Mountain View from Linn Cove Viaduct
by Lydia Holly
Title
Mountain View from Linn Cove Viaduct
Artist
Lydia Holly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
As one can tell this photograph was taken in Autumn. It was taken from the Lin Cove Viaduct in North Carolina. The Linn Cove Viaduct is a 1,243-foot (379 m) concrete segmental bridge which snakes around the slopes of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. It was completed in 1987 at a cost of $10 million and was the last section of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be finished.[2]
The viaduct was needed because of the damage that a traditional cut-and-fill road would have caused to Grandfather Mountain. The viaduct was designed by Figg and Muller Engineers, Inc. Construction began in 1979. It is 1,243 feet (379 m) long and consists of 153 segments weighing 50 tons each. The bridge's segments were precast at an indoor facility at the south side of the parkway. After being transported to the bridge site, each section was lowered into place by a custom crane placed on either edge of the existing structure. The only work done at ground level was drilling for the seven footings which support the viaduct. In particular, there was no access road other than the Blue Ridge Parkway itself. The bridge has received eleven design awards.
The National Park Service maintains a visitor center and bridge museum at the south end of the viaduct. The Tanawha Trail passes by the Linn Cove Visitor Center, and it travels beside and underneath the viaduct, on its route from Beacon Heights to Julian Price Memorial Park.
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October 21st, 2014
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Comments (10)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
SCB Captures
Fantastic capture Lydia! Beautiful vista!Trees are in perfect peak foliage change! L/F/T
Rosita Larsson
Lovely capture and interesting facts Lydia! F
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you so much Rosita. I really appreciate your support and thank you for choosing this piece as a favorite!
Stephen Stookey
Lovely! l/f
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Stephen! Appreciate you and your great work! Thank you for choosing this piece as a favorite!