Swift Run Gap - VA
Posted by: vhasler
N 38° 21.416 W 078° 32.700
17S E 714508 N 4248271
A pass through the Blue Ridge Mountains between Ruckersville and Elkton.
Waymark Code: WME3A5
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2012
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The sign is on US33 westbound (probably another on other side for oncoming traffic) just before it heads under the Skyline Drive. Highway US33 was preceded by the Swift Run Gap Turnpike, which was a privately owned toll road constructed in the early 19th century. In a
VDOT publication, it relates that the Virginia General Assembly
appropriated £100 around 1748 to improve the crossings of the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap. The sum would now be equivalent to around $15,000.
See also wikipedia for nice write-up about this location.