US 74 West - Great Smoky Mountains Expressway - North Carolina - 4K Highway Drive
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- Westbound drive along the FULL route of the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway in western North Carolina. Video begins on I-40 in Haywood County and ends just outside the Nantahala Gorge area.
Filmed: October 2021
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From Wikipedia:
The Great Smoky Mountains Expressway is a four-lane divided highway that serves as the main east-west corridor through Southwestern North Carolina; connecting the towns of Bryson City, Sylva and Waynesville to Interstate 40. Its establishment and funding was made possible by the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), designed to generate economic development in previously isolated areas, supplement the interstate system and provide access to areas within the region as well as to markets in the rest of the nation.
Established on September 16, 1983, the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway was designated along US 19, US 19 Bypass and the I-40 Connector, between Alarka Road and Interstate 40. Unofficially, US 19A was still designated along most of the route between Bryson City and Lake Junaluska, despite the official redesignation; this would continue to persist till the mid-1990s. In 1986, US 74 was extended west from Asheville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, which overlapped nearly all of the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway, via US 19 and US 19 Bypass; the following year, US 19 Bypass was decommissioned in favor of US 74. In late 1997, US 74 was rerouted onto the I-40 Connector, in Clyde, clinching all of Great Smoky Mountains Expressway.
Over the years, expressway sections of the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway have been improved by adding Superstreet designs, designating u-turns and eliminating traffic signal along the route.
Time Stamps:
Haywood County: 0:00-14:44
Jackson County: 14:45-35:07
Swain County: 35:08
I like your videos. No clutter in the graphics, no voice over, just scenery and road noise.
The best way in my opinion
Beautiful area. I used to live in Waynesville. Thanks!
Great video Nc mike you seem to be exploring alot of western NC that's pretty cool
What a nice drive on US highway 74/US highway 23/ US highway 441
..these videos are extremely helpful in easing my anxiety over mountain driving😬...I have to travel for the first time to Cherokee from Raleigh in a few weeks to attend a gymnastics meet and worried about the potential of steep winding roads in the area...appears that take 40 to hwy 74 and then 441 is the best route...in video it appeared there were quite a few downhill curves on Hwy 74 through Waynesville?...is that true or just camera angle?😉
There are a few but 74 to 441 is the smoothest route you can take to Cherokee.
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What was the distance covered in this vid?
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN ..
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I always thought it was funny that there's an auxiliary sign for Atlanta. Who would ever go that way??
They probably only would go that way for an alternative route. Weather conditions and traffic might be the cause
Actually, if you put in directions from Atlanta to Asheville (and vice versa) into Google Maps or Waze, chances are, this is the way it'll take you. This is, believe it or not, the shortest/most direct route between the two. Taking I-85/I-26 actually takes you out of the way a bit.
Oh I know it's shorter. I just figured it would take a lot longer to travel that road.
@@tresgriffin8242 you're correct. They should connect I-985 and the Great Smoky Mountains freeway completely as a freeway