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Completion of road project at milepost 401.5 provides access to a 38-mile corridor on the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville and Mount Pisgah

August 22, 2025 · Source: National Park Service

Newly completed road section and slide repair at Ferrin Knob Tunnel No. 3.
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On August 22, the National Park Service announced completion of a landslide repair project located at milepost 401.5, near Ferrin Knob Tunnel No. 3, on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Completion of this project restores access from milepost 393, near US191 in Asheville, NC, to milepost 420, two miles south of the Graveyard Fields area.

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