Today, you can drive up Lakeview Drive, park your car right before the tunnel, and walk through the tunnel to the other side. two entrances to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Deep Creek and Road to Nowhere. In 2010, the federal government agreed to pay Swain County $52 million for the failure of completing the road. Bryson City, NC: This location is brand new as of June 2020. Road to Nowhere There is a highway leading out of Bryson City for a few miles, then through a tunnel through a mountain, which suddenly stops.
Why? According to the federal government, they found environmental issues with rocks leaking acid that made them permanently halt construction of the 30-mile road with only 1/5 of it completed. After driving 6 miles from Bryson City, you'll come to a 1/4 mile tunnel through the mountains. Seems like a road to nowhere may not have too much traffic. Lakeview Drive was created, and plans were in place were in place for it to connect Bryson City and Fontana, 30 miles away.Ĭonstruction of Lakeview Drive ended abruptly ended in the early '70s, leaving Bryson City residents with a Road To Nowhere. Mobile Level Contributor 216 posts 38 reviews 27 helpful votes Anybody ever bicycle Lakeview Drive, the Road to Nowhere 9 years ago Save Looking for good rides in Smoky Mountains that are safe for a family and not overly challenging. One of the stipulations of the agreement between Swain County and the federal government was that the government would replace the road that was flooded with a new road. Bryson City, NC - The Road To Nowhere, as most local residents call it, is a 6-mile scenic drive into the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park where it dead-ends. Many residents of the area were forced to leave before the area was flooded. Actually, it's more like a tunnel to nowhere.Īccording to Bryson City's Chamber Of Commerce, in the '30s and '40s, the federal government received a huge tract of land from Swain County for the creation of Fontana Lake and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Road To Nowhere is just that, a road to nowhere.
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