Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Newfound Gap Road, Between Gatlinburg, TN & Cherokee, NC, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Significance: Newfound Gap Road is the central transportation artery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the only road to cross the park from north to south, connecting the two major entrances at Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Cherokee, North Carolina. 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, 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-A
Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction