CC Road
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During the Great Depression
the Civilian Conservation Corps
constructed a road to the ridge of Cheaha
Mountain, the highest point in Alabama. The local name for the road is now official, the "CC Road" with one of the Cs of the Civilian Conservation Corps having been lost over the years in local usage. The Road contains ruins of stone arches and bridges in good condition. It has been closed for at least 18 years, and probably longer, by the National Forest Service. The lower end of the road is still open, and contains a few arches built during the Depression. The closed section of the CC Road is around a six mile walk, although only a little over two miles of linear distance (as the crow flies). A large native stone bridge in the closed section crosses Hillabee Creek, which provides drinking water to Oxford and Anniston.
A link to 1937 U.S.Government film including building of the CC Road, referred to as the Cheaha Road appears at the page on the CCC.
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
the Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D...
constructed a road to the ridge of Cheaha
Cheaha
Cheaha may refer to:* Cheaha Wilderness* Cheaha Mountain* Hopeful, Alabama, formerly Cheaha...
Mountain, the highest point in Alabama. The local name for the road is now official, the "CC Road" with one of the Cs of the Civilian Conservation Corps having been lost over the years in local usage. The Road contains ruins of stone arches and bridges in good condition. It has been closed for at least 18 years, and probably longer, by the National Forest Service. The lower end of the road is still open, and contains a few arches built during the Depression. The closed section of the CC Road is around a six mile walk, although only a little over two miles of linear distance (as the crow flies). A large native stone bridge in the closed section crosses Hillabee Creek, which provides drinking water to Oxford and Anniston.
A link to 1937 U.S.Government film including building of the CC Road, referred to as the Cheaha Road appears at the page on the CCC.