Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that the Laurel Creek Road which carries traffic from the Townsend, TN Entrance into Cades Cove will be closed until noon on the morning of Thursday, March 1. The closure will allow the Park to safely remove two very large hazardous trees. The closure applies to hikers and cyclists as well as vehicles.
Traffic coming into the Townsend Entrance and travelling east-bound on Little River Road enroute to Gatlinburg, TN and Cherokee, NC will not be affected.
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