This seven-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway – once the Parkway’s missing link – was completed in 1987. It was delayed for twenty years as environmentalists, adjacent landowners, engineers, and architects sought a design that would preserve and protect the fragile habitat of adjacent Grandfather Mountain.
The Linn Cove Viaduct hugs the face of Grandfather Mountain and is recognized internationally as an engineering marvel. This was the last section of the Parkway to be completed and a model of the construction technique highlights a visit to the Linn Cove Visitor Center.
Since lacing up his first pair of boots as a young teenager for a hike along the Appalachian Trail, J. Scott Graham has enjoyed the great outdoors. As a young adult he began taking pictures along his journeys and discovered a unique talent for portraying natural wonders.
This seven-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway – once the Parkway’s missing link – was completed in 1987. It was delayed for twenty years as environmentalists, adjacent landowners, engineers, and architects sought a design that would preserve and protect the fragile habitat of adjacent Grandfather Mountain.
The Linn Cove Viaduct hugs the face of Grandfather Mountain and is recognized internationally as an engineering marvel. This was the last section of the Parkway to be completed and a model of the construction technique highlights a visit to the Linn Cove Visitor Center.
Since lacing up his first pair of boots as a young teenager for a hike along the Appalachian Trail, J. Scott Graham has enjoyed the great outdoors. As a young adult he began taking pictures along his journeys and discovered a unique talent for portraying natural wonders.
