Newfound Gap Road open overnight
Newfound Gap Road open overnight after Tropical Storm Helene; Great Smokies mostly open
The main road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, connecting Cherokee in North Carolina to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is now open 24 hours a day.
Nearly 200 illegal trucks turned away from Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mountains National Park says
In a recent release, the Great Smoky National Park announced that US 441/Newfound Gap Road is now open 24 hours a day.This comes as the park saw an influx of illegal trucks trying to use the road as a detour to the roads closed due to flooding from Helene.
GSMNP: Newfound Gap Road to reopen 24/7 with EBCI, Sevier County partners help
On Tuesday, the National Park Service lifted its overnight road closure of Newfound Gap Road. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park shared that the closure was lifted with the help of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Government and Sevier County partners.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park to reopen US 441/Newfound Gap Road. What's still closed?
Park officials continue to advise visitors to reschedule trips to the park, which still has closures and limited emergency resources after Helene.
National Park Service working to keep big trucks off Newfound Gap Road
National Park Rangers are stationed at all the entrances to the park, ready to keep oversized trucks from going up the windy and steep Newfound Gap Road. “It’s been busy out here and notice before right in here, there was about four tractor trailers. They’re having a hard time figuring out themselves,” said Tim Musto, visiting from New Jersey.
Newfound Gap Road Reopened
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has shared that Newfound Gap Road will once again be open 24/7. The road had been closed between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. at night because of an increase in commercial vehicles travelling the road,
Newfound Gap Road reopens, offering route between Tennessee and North Carolina
As interstate connections between Tennessee and North Carolina remain impassable due to flooding damage, a roadway through Great Smoky Mountain National Park will soon reopen and offer a route between the two states.
Commercial Vehicles' Efforts To Drive Newfound Gap Road In Great Smoky Leads To Closure
Attempts by commercial vehicles to cross Great Smoky Mountains National Park via the Newfound Gap Road, and accidents involving some that tried, have prompted the National Park Service to close the road overnight.
NPS: Newfound Gap Road temporarily closed overnight due to ‘influx’ of commercial vehicles
An “influx of illegal, large commercial vehicles” travelling through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has prompted the National Park Service to temporarily close Newfound Gap Road overnight Friday.
US 441/Newfound Gap Road open 24 hours a day, Great Smoky Mountains National Park says
(WVLT) -In a recent release, the Great Smoky National Park announced that US 441/Newfound Gap Road is now open 24 hours a day. According to GSMNP, the overnight road closure is being lifted with the help of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Government and Sevier County (specifically,
Newfound Gap Road To Open In Great Smoky Mountains On Wednesday
While cleanup from Tropical Storm Helene continues in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Newfound Gap Road that crosses the park from Tennessee to North Carolina is scheduled to reopen Wednesday morning.
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GSMNP to close Newfound Gap Road temporarily after influx of truckers illegally driving through park
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