Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge New Rock Slide
New Gatlinburg - Pigeon Forge Rock Slide On Spur
Southbound traffic into Gatlinburg along the Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Spur (U.S. 441) will be restored at 3:30 p.m. today. Park personnel moved quickly to establish a detour after a major slide early this afternoon closed the entire southbound side of the Spur. The traffic is being rerouted onto the northbound lanes and will be diverted onto the south lanes at the Huskey Grove interchange. Park road crews erected traffic cones to separate the two way traffic on the northbound lanes. Park officials are currently working with Tennessee Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration engineers to assess the slide and to determine the safest means to remove the debris and stabilize the failing slope.
Today’s slide is about 1 mile from the rock slide that occurred on the Spur on January 25 Park Service at 865.436.1200.
Gatlinburg - Pigeon Forge Tennessee Rock Slide On Spur
A large rock slide has closed the southbound lanes of the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Spur. The rock slide is on the City of Pigeon Forge owned portion of the Spur. At this time, officials with the City, national park, and TDOT are working through a traffic plan to allow two way traffic on the northbound lanes of the Spur. It will take some time to put in place the detour signage necessary to direct safe traffic. Park officials are assisting with traffic and Pigeon Forge officials will be responsible for the slide clean up. It is unclear at this time, how long it will take to remove the debris.
We will update you when the traffic plan is in place. But right now, motorists are not able to access the Spur from the Pigeon Forge end
Nancy Gray
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
107 Park Headquarters Road
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
865/436-1208 phone
