Highway and Tunnel on Skyline Drive - Shenandoah National Park Virginia - Postcard SP23
This vintage postcard captures a dramatic engineering feat on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, showing the scenic highway and tunnel carved through solid rock at an altitude of 3,500 feet.
Scene Details:
- Paved highway winding through mountainous terrain
- Tunnel carved through 600 feet of solid rock
- Dramatic rock face and cliff formations
- Dense forest covering the mountain ridge
- Sunset or sunrise sky with warm orange and blue tones
- Engineering marvel of the mountain road construction
- Linen-era postcard with vibrant colors
The back of the postcard notes: "The Skyline Drive in Virginia is one of the most scenic motor roads in the world. It is in the Shenandoah National Park area and follows the mountain ridge at an average altitude of 3500 feet. From this road one can view marvelous stretches of the beautiful Virginia valleys, an ever-changing panorama of beauty. The tunnel shown is quite an engineering feat as it is driven over 600 feet through solid rock."
Number N-647 • E-6132
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