Helene ripped chunks of the Blue Ridge Parkway away. Avoid it, rangers urged Saturday.

The Blue Ridge Parkway remained closed in all of North Carolina and Virginia this weekend, after Hurricane Helene destroyed and hurled stretches of the road down the mountainside, rangers said Saturday.

Warning drivers to stay off the scenic route, the National Park Service released a photo of the road entirely eroded away near Gooch Gap milepost 336. That’s near Little Switzerland.

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Helene ripped parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway away, including this section near Gooch Gap in McDowell County. The road is closed for the foreseeable future in all of North Carolina and Virginia, park rangers said on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

The parkway is closed for the foreseeable future, rangers said.

At least 250 National Park Service employees from 32 states and the District of Columbia are assisting Blue Ridge Parkway staff in assessing road damage…

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