View of snow road, near Newfound Gap, Tennessee

TitleView of snow road, near Newfound Gap, Tennessee

CreatorFitzpatrick, Larry J.

CollectionsNegatives of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Descriptive InformationThe steeper and more critical roadway sections of US-441 are benched into the mountainside. It has been found that accumulated snow must be moved completely across the roadway and pushed over the side... That explains the lack of a developed snow berm on the inward side. The outside berm would be even higher than the present 6 to 7 feet if much of the snow did not roll on down the mountainside when it is plowed over. The berm serves the incidental purpose of keeping stray vehicles out of danger.Snow Removal; February 1964 Monthly Report, II-R-SR-7881, Physical Facilities - Roads - Snow Removal Operations

LocationsNewfound Gap, Swain County, North Carolina, United States(35.61121,-83.42488)

TopicsSnow protection and removal
Roads
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Biosphere Reserve (N.C. and Tenn.)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Biosphere Reserve (N.C. and Tenn.)
Snow removal

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