Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Cataloochee Valley Road, Cataloochee Valley, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN
Summary
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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Tags
civilian conservation corps
mission 66 program
transportation
scenic overlooks
chapels
houses
wood structural frames
story
gatlinburg
great
smoky
mountains
great smoky mountains national park roads
bridges
cataloochee
cataloochee valley road
cataloochee valley
sevier
sevier county
bridge
national park
tennessee
bureau of public roads
committee to save cataloochee
todd croteau
federal lands highway program
great smoky mountains national park
historic american engineering record
edward lupyak
national park service roads and parkway program
richard quin
stewart and garland company
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
alley
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bureau of Public Roads
Civilian Conservation Corps
Stewart & Garland Company
Committee to Save Cataloochee
Lupyak, Edward, field team project manager
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Quin, Richard, project manager
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, sponsor
National Park Service Roads and Parkway Program, sponsor
Federal Lands Highway Program, sponsor
Location
Gatlinburg
,
35.71426, -83.51016
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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