Have you drive through Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States
When was Blue Ridge Parkway built?
parkway has been the most visited unit of the National Park System every year since 1946 except three (1949, 2013, and 2016).
wow, under which government was it built?
1872 the United States National Park System has grown from a single, public reservation called Yellowstone National Park
wow, i think i will love to visit it
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.
the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, from which it travels north to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The roadway continues through Shenandoah as Skyline Drive, a similar scenic road which is managed by a different National Park Service unit. Both Skyline Drive and the Virginia portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway are part of Virginia State Route 48, though this designation is not signed.
The parkway has been the most visited unit of the National Park System every year since 1946 except three (1949, 2013, and 2016).