Update 3/24/2010: Little River Road between Gatlinburg and Townsend has re-opened following last Thursday’s rock slide.
A new rockslide has blocked the western end of Little River Road within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The slide is about 2 miles west of the Metcalf Bottoms, so an 8 mile-long portion of the Little River Road is currently closed between Metcalf Bottoms Picninc Area and the Townsend Junction.
Traffic that would normally transit that section is being diverted out of the Park unto US 321 in Townsend then north on US 321 to the Lyon Springs Road in Wears Valley, where motorists can re-enter the Park on the Wear Cove Road to Metcalf Bottoms and continue east on Little River to Newfound Gap Road and on to either Gatlinburg or Cherokee. Due to bridge weight limits, no large motorhomes or buses can use that alternate route. These larger vehicles must continue on US 321 into Pigeon Forge.
Park crews are enroute to get a good look at the new slide. No estimated time of repairs is available.
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