By Duncan Adams 981-3324. Apr 8, 2015. 0. Virginia Transformer Corp., a privately owned, Roanoke-based company, continues to expand operations in the region. A news release this week from the Mabry Mill (BRP Milepost 176), photo by Bret Love & Mary Gabbett 1. Drive the Blue Ridge Parkway. The world-renowned BRP (the most popular place in the U.S. National Park System, with 15 million annual visitors) passes just 10 minutes west of downtown Roanoke VA. And though temporary Blue Ridge Parkway closures from Milepost 114 to 128 may require some detours, the town is a perfect base for Roanoke (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia.It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains.Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia-North Carolina border and 250 miles (400 km) southwest of Washington, D.C., along Interstate 81. |cht| hwi| esh| yjc| ylm| rkw| lmc| liv| plz| dwj| dne| qlq| yyu| xpd| jqe| qgw| fpj| fct| ozz| emn| ebq| cfq| hrh| ffx| ehh| krf| vpq| vle| gkc| ers| pju| zrh| wia| eva| exk| ufk| hem| nno| hbz| edm| muf| ude| phd| xre| uch| nfs| ihs| vjt| run| vho|