UPDATE: 1:2 PM Aug. 3, 2025: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park said Sunday afternoon that US 441/Newfound Gap Road is now open in North Carolina, between Cherokee and Newfound Gap. People are ...

What people driving through the country’s most-visited national park amid the shutdown need to know about roads, trails and ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — After part of Newfound Gap Road was washed out by a storm in early August, the roadway connecting East Tennessee and North Carolina is back open. This happened between mile ...

After a total closure Aug. 1 of U.S 441/Newfound Gap Road — the only road connecting the North Carolina and Tennessee sides of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — the North Carolina side is open ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closed until further notice due to road damage, according to an Aug. 2 park news release. Late on Aug. 1, ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Repair work is well underway on US 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after heavy rain and rising stream levels led to a slide underneath part ...