Buckner Gap, North Carolina

Poplar tree, Buckner Gap, NC, 1994. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Remains of the house rumored to have been the site of an illegal liquor distilling operation, near Buckner Gap, NC, 1995. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Drilling blast holes, Buckner Gap, NC, 1997. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Blast supervisor inspecting recent explosion, Buckner Gap, NC, 1997. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Power shovel loading 150-ton dump truck, Buckner Gap, NC, 1997. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Blasted mountainside covered with erosion control netting, Buckner Gap, NC, 1997. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
180-ton dump truck hauling debris to a fill area, north of Buckner Gap, NC, 1997. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Highway construction in process, Buckner Gap, NC, 2001. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Asphalt manufacturing facility erected on site of I-26 with Buckner Gap in background, Buckner Gap, NC, 2002. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.
Drainage lines in the road’s concrete surface being cleaned prior to the highway’s opening, Buckner Gap, NC, 2002. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg.