The Foothills Parkway is the oldest unfinished road construction project in Tennessee. Congress authorized construction of the road in 1944, and they are still working on it some 74 years later. Fortunately for all of us, a 16.1 mile section was completed on November 10 of this year. It takes you from Walland to Wears Valley. We drove on it last week, tired after driving all day. It was a gloomy, dark day, and we really didn't know what to expect. It was awesome, literally breathtaking. I don't know if I have ever seen anything so beautiful. That is Townsend, Tennessee in the valley. Below is Wears Valley, just before the end of the parkway. We had planned to watch the sunrise on our way home, but because of snow and ice, the parkway was closed that day.. You can be sure our next trip to the Smokies will include some time here.
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