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Col. Townsend initially opposed the effort, but after some wavering, sold at base price 76,000 acres (310 km 2) of his Little River Lumber tract in 1926 to what would eventually become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [14] Townsend lived near Elkmont in a now-historic Swiss-style chalet he called Spindle Top, where he would die in 1936 ...
End of US 321 and SR 32 overlap; SR 73 becomes signed as a secondary highway; SR 73 changes cardinal directions from east-west to north-south I-40 – Knoxville, Asheville: I-40 exit 440: Newport: 101.76: 163.77: US 25 / US 70 (E Broadway Street/SR 9) – Newport, Del Rio, Hot Springs: Northern terminus; SR 73 ends as a signed secondary highway
US 321/SR 73 in Townsend: Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 1983: current Displayed as SR 73 Scenic: SR 338: 20.2: 32.5 US 411/US 441/SR 35/SR 71 in Seymour: SR 139 near Sevierville: 1983: current SR 339: 23.1: 37.2 US 411/SR 35 in Cherokee Hills: US 321/SR 32/SR 73 in Cosby: 1983: current SR 340: 25.9: 41.7
In Townsend, the river is paralleled by U.S. Highway 321. Townsend is situated in Tuckaleechee Cove, a Paleozoic limestone area noted by the presence of Tuckaleechee Caverns, a large cave operated as a tourist attraction during the tourist season, roughly defined as April to October. The drainage from the cave enters the Little River just below ...
The caverns were opened for tours in 1931 by Earl McCampbell, but the business shut down after one year due to economic impacts of the Great Depression. The caverns were re-opened to the public by Townsend locals Bill Vananda and Harry Myers in 1953. The first tours were taken by kerosene lamps until electricity was wired through the caverns in ...
US 411 begins at US 78 (Parkway Drive) in the city of Leeds in far eastern Jefferson County. SR 25, the U.S. Highway's companion route, continues south as a signed highway that briefly follows US 78 east before splitting south toward Harpersville; however, mileposts along US 411 in Alabama generally reflect SR 25.
Foothills Parkway's Chilhowee entrance at Walland Foothills Parkway approaching Look Rock, on the crest of Chilhowee Mountain. The foothills of the Great Smokies consist of a series of low mountains and hills lying roughly between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the south and the flatlands of the Tennessee River and French Broad River valleys to the north.
Lamar Alexander Parkway, an alignment of U.S. Route 321, continues to Lenoir City to the west and Townsend and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the east. Maryville-Alcoa Bypass, an alignment of U.S. Route 129 and part of the primary route between Maryville and Knoxville; Montvale Road (State Route 336)