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If the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed due to inclement weather, access to NC 128 is cut-off. NC 128 is also part of one scenic byway in the state (indicated by a Scenic Byways sign). Mount Mitchell Scenic Drive is an 52-mile (84 km) byway from the I-26 exit 9 to the top of Mount Mitchell, via US 19 , US 19E , NC 80 , Blue Ridge Parkway and NC 128.
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.
Blue Ridge Parkway: a two-lane National Parkway and All-American Road, that traverses 252.1 miles (405.7 km) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the Virginia state line. Bryan Boulevard : a freeway spur from I-73 to downtown Greensboro .
NC 80 at Buck Creek Gap. NC 80 is a 37.9-mile-long (61.0 km) two-lane mountain highway between US 70, in Pleasant Gardens, and NC 226A, near Bakersville.The highway is popular with bike and motorcycle enthusiasts, because of its hairpin turns and also makes up part of the Mount Mitchell Scenic Drive between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Micaville.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is now open from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia through mile marker 200.1, about 17 miles from the North Carolina state line.. Visitors can now access the northbound ...
The entrance to Grandfather Mountain is located near Linville; also nearby is the Linn Cove Viaduct, via the Blue Ridge Parkway. Those that continue along the scenic route can take a short break at the state rest area. [3] Near Blowing Rock, visitors may also visit the Julian Price Memorial Park and Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, via Blue Ridge ...
This is a list of hospitals in North Carolina.Five hospitals serve as university-affiliated academic medical centers: Duke University Hospital (Duke University), ECU Health (ECU), UNC Health (UNC), and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Atrium Health's Carolinas Medical Center (Wake Forest University), while WakeMed is an unaffiliated Level I trauma center.
Before Jonas Ridge is the Brown Mountain Overlook, where stories of phantom lights on the mountain can be seen from the location. After Jonas Ridge, the highway goes parallel with the Blue Ridge Parkway for a mile before passing over it. In Pineola, the highway overlaps with US 221 for almost three miles (4.8 km) before splitting in Linville.