I like to take drives in the country. Have you been to the Blue Ridge Parkway in the United States?
I don't think so, can you tell me about it?
It's America's longest linear park located in Virginia and North Carolina!
I see, what is there to do there?
Well it's a scenic highway that was named during Franklin Roosevelt's administration. You can drive for miles and be amazed!
I wow, I bet it looks pretty
Land on either side of the road is owned and maintained by the National Park Service, and in many places parkway land is bordered by United States Forest Service property. The parkway was on North Carolina's version of the America the Beautiful quarter in 2015.
History.
Begun during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the project was originally called the Appalachian Scenic Highway. Most construction was carried out by private contractors under federal contracts under an authorization by Harold L. Ickes in his role as federal public works administrator.
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