Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Deep Creek Road, Between Park Boundary near Bryson City & Deep Creek Campground, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN
Summary
Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is representative of NPS park road design and landscape planning throughout the country. Much of the work, including that of Deep Creek Road, was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s.
Survey number: HAER TN-35-K
Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: before. 1930- before. 1970 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bureau of Public Roads
Civilian Conservation Corps
Wilhelm, L A
Hart Construction Company
Hartzog, George
Job Corps
Lupyak, Edward, field team project manager
Quin, Richard, project manager
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, sponsor
Federal Lands Highway Program, sponsor
National Park Service Roads and Parkway Program, sponsor
Location
Gatlinburg, 35.71426, -83.51016
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html