Mountain Hollow near Greenwood in Albemarle County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

VDOT Workers’ Memorial

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 2, 2009

1. VDOT Workers’ Memorial Marker

Inscription. The monument before you honors Virginia state highway workers who lost their lives while serving the Commonwealth’s travelers. No public funds were used to build this memorial. It was built entirely with donations from Virginia Department of Transportation employees and retirees, family members, businesses and organizations throughout the state. The profiles reflect VDOT’s diverse workforce and the “missing worker.” The memorial was dedicated on September 17, 2004.

Erected 2004 by Virginia Department of Transportation Employees.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1641.

Location. 38° 2.683′ N, 78° 47.533′ W. Marker is near Greenwood, Virginia, in Albemarle County. It is in Mountain Hollow. It is on Interstate 64 at milepost 103.5, on the right when traveling east. It is at the second scenic overlook east of the Skyline Drive exit (Exit 99). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenwood VA 22943, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the

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Piedmont

and in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mirador (approx. 1.1 miles away); The History of the Rockfish Gap Country Store (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named Mirador (approx. 1½ miles away); “The Albemarle 26” (approx. 2.1 miles away); Albemarle County / Nelson County (approx. 2.3 miles away); Blue Ridge Tunnel (approx. 2.8 miles away); East Trailhead (approx. 2.9 miles away); Virginia's Nineteenth-Century Transportation Challenges (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greenwood.

More about this marker. The names of 131 employees are engraved on the memorial. The employees died between 1928 and 2005. Their

VDOT Workers’ Memorial and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 2, 2009

2. VDOT Workers’ Memorial and Marker

names appear randomly in three columns.

VDOT Workers’ Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 2, 2009

3. VDOT Workers’ Memorial

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 2, 2009

4. VDOT Workers’ Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 21, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,581 times since then and 46 times this year. Last updated on January 10, 2010, by Linda Walcroft of Woodstock, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 21, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.