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The Blue Ridge Tunnel (also known as the Crozet Tunnel) is a historic railroad tunnel built during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was the westernmost and longest of four tunnels engineered by Claudius Crozet to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in central Virginia.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty.The parkway, which is the longest linear park in the U.S., [3] runs for 469 miles (755 km) through 29 counties in Virginia and North Carolina, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The completion of the Blue Ridge Tunnel eliminated this grade. [4] During the American Civil War, the tunnels on the Blue Ridge Railroad were utilized as part of the so-called foot cavalry movements of the Confederate troops of General Stonewall Jackson. [citation needed]
Ice forms in a tunnel along the Blue Ridge Parkway, causing park officials to close the gates from milepost 458-469 Nov. 1 due to icy conditions, especially in Licklog Tunnel.
Blue Ridge Railroad, Greenwood Tunnel (bypassed) 1853 1983 Blue Ridge Railroad: Greenwood: Albemarle County: VA-5: Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Blue Ridge Tunnel: 1944 1983 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Rockfish Gap: Afton: Nelson
The original Blue Ridge Tunnel was converted into a "rails-to-trails" project sponsored by Nelson County in 2020 and is the third-longest pedestrian tunnel in the United States. VMI also named its dining hall in his honor, so cadets sometimes affectionately call it "Club Crozet".
The Blue Ridge Parkway is once again completely open for travel in Western North Carolina two weeks after being closed due to black bear activity. Blue Ridge Parkway reopens in Asheville area ...
Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel in Oconee County, South Carolina is an incomplete railroad tunnel for the Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina in Sumter National Forest. [2] [3] The tunnel, along with nearby Issaqueena Falls, are now a Walhalla city park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]