After several weather and contract related delays, work has now begun on a section of Blue Ridge Parkway closed from Milepost 376 at Ox Creek Road just north of Asheville, to Milepost 355, near the entrance to Mount Mitchell State Park.
This project will stabilize a failed slope just north of Tanbark Ridge Tunnel, at Milepost 374, which caused a giant crack to open in the roadway this summer.
Visitors examine the “Parkway crack” near Tanbark Tunnerl this summer.
While alternate routes are available, the detour route marked with road signs directs traffic from Asheville, along Interstate 40 to U.S. 221, back to the Parkway at Spruce Pine, and alternately from Spruce Pine south to Asheville via U.S. 221 and Interstate 40.
Mount Mitchell State Park will remain open and accessible, weather permitting, from the northern approach along the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 330, near Spruce Pine, or from N.C. 80.
Due to the dangerous nature of this slope stabilization project, complete closure of the Parkway to motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists is necessary.
Contractors doing the work plan to be on site 24-hours a day, using night
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