Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Cataloochee Valley Road, Cataloochee Valley, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road design and landscape planning throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s. Once established, this road system provided access to the first national park in the southern portion of the United States as well as links to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenandoah National Park.

Survey number: HAER TN-35-F

Building/structure dates: ca. 1825 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1950 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1964-1966 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1971 Subsequent Work

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