As I rigged up a helmet-mounted light for my ride in the Eastern Trailhead of the Blue Ridge Tunnel, cars began filling the parking lot with other people who had the same idea. “I hope it’s like pitch ...

The inky black hole carved out of greenstone in the mid-1800s opens into a tunnel 700 feet beneath Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains. • Laying Tracks, a special event to help raise money for ...

STAUNTON — The first floor of the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art will be abuzz with excitement on Friday, Sept. 6, from 5-8 p.m. On that evening, all of the history and art galleries will be ...

LYNCHBURG — After years of work and numerous setbacks, it looks as though the Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel in Afton will be complete in 2020. Although the project was initiated in 2001, according ...

Abandoned since 1944, when trains shifted to a newer, larger tunnel nearby, the Blue Ridge Tunnel is owned by CSX Corp. College and high school students sometimes trespass there, leaving behind ...

In traveling across Virginia, you'll discover a little village near Charlottesville called Crozet. At first, the most natural inclination may be to pronounce that place "Crow-zett." But say "Crow-zay.

Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail: Photo courtesy Jack Looney. The exhibit is their story. Using hand drills, picks, shovels, hammers, gunpowder and fuses, they opened up the mountain inch by ...

A Blue Ridge Parkway tunnel is closed “until further notice” “due to a piece of the tunnel’s natural rock ceiling coming loose,” parkway officials posted on Facebook Tuesday. The closure means a ...

One of the destinations for the WSLS Blue Ridge Games is the Blue Ridge Tunnel in Nelson County. 10 News anchor John Carlin gave it a test on his bike.