ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The National Park Service announced Friday that a landslide repair project near Ferrin Knob Tunnel No. 3 at milepost 401.5 has been completed, reopening 38 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville and Mount Pisgah.
The newly repaired section restores access from milepost 393, near U.S. 191 in Asheville, to milepost 420, just south of the Graveyard Fields area. Visitors can now travel continuously from milepost 382, near U.S. 70 and the Folk Art Center, to milepost 420. The corridor includes popular destinations such as the Mount Pisgah Inn, campground, picnic area and multiple hiking trails.
The reopening marks a key step in the park’s ongoing recovery from multiple landslides caused by Tropical Storm Helene. A remaining repair near milepost 421 is expected to be completed later this summer…