NPS Remnants of Hurricane Helene struck the Blue Ridge Parkway on September 27, 2024, heavily damaging the Parkway motor road, facilities, and trails. Storms of this scale might strike once every thousand years on average. Helene brought up to 30 inches of rain coupled with wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour to some areas resulting in catastrophic flooding, landslides, washed out roads, and countless downed trees. During your visit, you may experience the ongoing effects from this storm for many months, and even years, as we continue our recovery efforts. ![]() NPS Map Storm Damage - Project Information Weather permitting, the Parkway is open for normal traffic along all 217 of the miles in Virginia, but additional repair and clean up work remains. In the coming months recovery work in Virginia will focus on roadway and drainage repairs, hazard tree work, woody debris removal, culvert cleaning, removing siltation from mill ponds, repairing damage to historic and non-historic structures, trail clearing, and cultural landscape and natural resource restoration.
Location: Milepost 224.9 Overview: Repairs include stabilizing the slope with reinforced soil construction, debris removal, repair and restoration of drainage trenches, and pavement reconstruction and markings. Funding Source: Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO) Repair Timeline: Summer 2025 |