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| Linn Cove Viaduct and Visitors Center |
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The Visitors Center is at the south end of the Viaduct, at milepost 304.3 of the Blue Ridg
Linn Cove, NC
828/733-1354
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| See interpretive exhibits about the Viaduct's history. Hike under the spectacular span. Free. |
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| Hours of Operation: Open daily May-Oct., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |
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The last section of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be constructed was on the slopes of Grandfather Mountain. This section presented engineers with the challenge of building a road 4,100 feet up, without cutting down any trees except those in the path of the road itself. The solution was the Linn Cove Viaduct, the most complicated segmental concrete bridge ever built. Completed in 1983 at a cost of almost $10 million, it is 1,243 feet long and contains 153 precast segments, no two alike and only one that is straight. The Viaduct's signature S-shape uses every geometric alignment ever used in bridge building, all within a radius of just 250 feet.
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Who Made It: Figg and Muller Engineers, Inc. developed the Viaduct design and construction method. T.Y. Lin International/DRC Consultants, Inc. provided construction engineering services, including the camber calculations and geometry control.
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