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Road to Nowhere Tunnel
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Max
June 14, 2022
The Story Behind “The Road to Nowhere” In the 1930s and 1940s, Swain County gave up the majority of its private land to the Federal Government for the creation of Fontana Lake and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Fontana Lake is actually a reservoir for Fontana Dam, which was built as a TVA project during World War II to produce electricity for ALCOA aluminum plants in Tennessee as well as for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manhattan Project. Hundreds of people were forced to leave the small Smoky Mountain communities that had been their homes for generations. With the creation of the Park, their homes were gone, and so was Old Highway 288 the road to those communities. The old road was buried beneath the deep waters of Fontana Lake. Fontana Dam Facts and History. The Federal government promised to replace Highway 288 with a new road. Lakeview Drive was to have stretched along the north shore of Fontana Lake, from Bryson City to Fontana, 30 miles to the west. And, of special importance to those displaced residents, it was to have provided access to the old family cemeteries where generations of ancestors remained behind. But Lakeview Drive fell victim to an environmental issue and construction was stopped, with the road ending at a tunnel, about six miles into the park. The environmental issue was eventually deemed too expensive and the roadwork was never resumed. And Swain County’s citizens gave the unfinished Lakeview Drive its popular, albeit unofficial name “The Road To Nowhere.”
The Story Behind “The Road to Nowhere” In the 1930s and 1940s, Swain County gave up the majority of its private land to the Federal Government for the creation of Fontana Lake and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Fontana Lake is actually a reservoir for Fontana Dam, which was built as a TVA…
Janice
June 29, 2022
Beautiful drive with amazing views. Once at the end, there is some nice hikes you can do or just walk through the tunnel for some great photos.
Dana
May 5, 2021
A scenic mountain highway that takes you six miles into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and ends at the mouth of a tunnel. On the map, it is called Lakeview Drive, but to the citizens of Swain County it is The Road to Nowhere
Lisa
October 21, 2019
Take an interesting and erie walk through the tunnel at the end of "The Road to Nowhere". A quick Google search will tell you all you need to know about the history of the tunnel and why it's there. On the other side of the tunnel is endless miles of hiking to get your mountain outdoor therapy 😊.
Allie
August 17, 2019
This is a unique and historic place. It’s a scenic drive to the tunnel. Park and take a short walk and you will feel the cool air from the tunnel. Walk through the tunnel and enjoy the echoes and reverbs. There is also a 3 mile hiking trail at the other end of the tunnel.
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Lakeview Drive East
Bryson City, NC