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The parkway serves as the primary means of access to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the United States, and the numerous tourist attractions located within the cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg. The parkway is one of the most congested non-freeway routes in the state, carrying more ...
The Gatlinburg Bypass is a two-lane road maintained by the NPS, although most of the route is located outside of the main boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Its main purpose is to allow tourists to bypass the congested business district of Gatlinburg in order to speed access to and from the national park.
The highways then continue northeasterly through Wears Valley to Pigeon Forge where they turn south onto US 441 and travel concurrent for 8.5 miles (13.7 km) to Gatlinburg (just before Gatlinburg, they have an interchange with Gatlinburg Bypass), where SR 73 and US 321 turn east and US 441 heads south.
Newfound Gap Road then runs concurrently with SR 73 Scenic (Little River Road) before having an interchange with the Gatlinburg Bypass and entering the city of Gatlinburg, where US 441/SR 71/SR 73 Scenic leaves the park and becomes Great Smoky Mountains Parkway (Parkway), a four-lane undivided highway as it passes through the city.
Gatlinburg–Pittman Center line: 120.8: 194.4: SR 454 north (Buckhorn Road) Southern terminus of SR 454: Gatlinburg: 126.1: 202.9: US 441 south / SR 73 Scenic west (Parkway/SR 71) – Great Smoky Mountains National Park: South end of US 441 overlap; eastern terminus of SR 73 Scenic: 127.2: 204.7: Gatlinburg Parkway Bypass – Great Smoky ...
According to the city government, the outbound lanes of East Parkway will switch to being one lane at 4:30 p.m. to make room for float staging. The inbound lane will then close at 6:50 p.m. Parade ...
The Foothills Parkway is a national parkway which traverses the foothills of the northern Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. The 72.1-mile (114 km) parkway will connect U.S. Route 129 (U.S. 129) along the Little Tennessee River in the west with Interstate 40 (I-40) along the Pigeon River in the east.
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