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Blueridge Parkway is Cracked!

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Blueridge Parkway is Cracked!

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Be careful if you are planning any BRP trips soon in NC.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/de ... k/2591423/
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It's an elaborate plan to keep motorcycles from doing double-yellow passes.


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phoo wrote:It's an elaborate plan to keep motorcycles from doing double-yellow passes.


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I'd venture a guess that it will take 6mo. - 1 year to fix. The hill is sliding and they'll have to build massive retaining walls tied into the mountain and soil nail the rest. Should be quite the expensive project.
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it had to happen. The Parkway is in the same slump as our economy ...
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Bahahahaha! It's all Bush's fault!!!
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BillyGoat wrote:Bahahahaha! It's all Bush's fault!!!

But it is a Shovel Ready project!
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I know I've done killswitch backfires in that tunnel
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