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Blue Ridge Parkway opens 26-mile section from Asheville to Craggy Gardens

September 15, 2025 · Source: National Park Service

Newly opened section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near milepost 380in Asheville, North Carolina on a sunny day.
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On September 15, the National Park Service announced completion of two landslide repair projects located at milepost 375 and 380 and reopened a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 382, in Asheville, NC, to milepost 355.3 at the Ridge Junction Overlook, near NC 80 and the entrance to Mount Mitchell State Park.

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