Comment by mikestew
9 hours ago
Had the road been completed, Bryson City could have also become another Gatlinburg (as the road would be an entrance to the National Park), with the tourist revenue that goes with that. When I lived in NC 25 years ago, locals were obviously miffed about that, too. Access to cemeteries never seemed to come up.
>Had the road been completed, Bryson City could have also become another Gatlinburg
All of these 'x to nowhere' projects are like that, people totally ignore that growth that would happen if the projects were actually built. Probably a few of them are silly projects, but usually there is an actual reason behind them that at least somewhat made sense.
I much prefer Bryson City to Gatlinburg, and you can technically go into the park right outside Bryson City at Deep Creek, and even hike to Clingmans dome.
Gatlinburg is a tourist madhouse while Bryson City is a great little town and you can drive over to Cherokee if you want more and get into the main part of the park and over to Gatlinburg should you so desire.
Road to nowhere is always fun to visit, kids always laugh at the graffiti and like the creepy tunnel while the hikes around are beautiful.