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The eastern (or North Carolina) half follows North Carolina Highway 143 for just over 18 miles (29 km) from Stratton Gap to Robbinsville. The skyway gains over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in elevation, rising from a low point of just under 900 feet (270 m) at Tellico Plains to a high point of just over 5,400 feet (1,600 m) on the slopes of Haw Knob ...
In 1979, NC 143 was established as a new primary route between Robbinsville and Stecoah, on already existing roads. Topography maps of Graham County in the early 1990s show an incomplete Cherohala Skyway already numbered as NC 143; however, this was not official until October 12, 1996, when NC 143 was extended to a completed Cherohala Skyway and its current western terminus at the Tennessee ...
State Route 165 (SR 165) is an east to west secondary highway in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States that is 23.8 miles (38.3 km) long.It is the Tennessee portion of the Cherohala Skyway which runs through Cherokee National Forest and connects Tellico Plains with Robbinsville, North Carolina.
The Cherohala Skyway— a National Scenic Byway completed in 1996— traverses the crest of the Unicoi Mountains connecting Tellico Plains, Tennessee with Robbinsville, North Carolina. The name "Unicoi" comes from the Cherokee word ᎤᏁᎦ (unega), which means "white." It refers to the low-lying clouds and fog that often drape the Southern ...
Cherohala Skyway: a National Scenic Byway, located west of Robbinsville. Great Smoky Mountains Expressway : a four-lane divided highway in southwestern North Carolina; broken in three section along US 74, between Bryson City and Clyde .
Cherohala Skyway: Traversing along NC 143, from the Tennessee state line to Santeetlah Gap, in the Nantahala National Forest. The skyway features cultural heritage of the Cherokee tribe and early settlers in a grand forest environment in the Appalachian Mountains. 17.8 28.6 [3] Mountain Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Cherohala Skyway: 43.0 69.2 North Carolina, Tennessee SR 165 in Tellico Plains: NC 143 in Robbinsville: September 19, 1996 (TN) June 9, 1998 (NC) Ridgetop drive in the Appalachians: Scenic [25] NSB Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway: 112.0 180.2 South Carolina I-85 west of Fair Play: SC 150 in Gaffney: June 9, 1998
Cherohala Skyway: 43 69 Also a NSB Chinook Scenic Byway: 107.44 172.91 Also a NSB Cloud Peak Skyway: 0 0 Coronado Trail Scenic Byway: 0 0 Also a NSB Covered Bridge Scenic Byway: 0 0 Edge of the Wilderness: 47 76 Also a NSB Elkhorn Scenic Byway: 0 0 Emigrant Trail: 0 0 Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway: 84 135 The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles ...