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Crews Working to Clear Mudslide on Spur Between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge

Crews Working to Clear Mudslide on Spur Between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge

Motorists traveling between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge on the Spur US-321 are being detoured around a mudslide. Large trucks and over-sized vehicles are advised to use other major roads such as TN-416. Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Federal Highways Administration staff assessed the mudslide, which occurred about 10:30 p.m. on February 10, 2020, on the Spur and began clearing ...

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Heavy Rainstorm Results in Rockslides, Downed Trees, and Motorist Fatality on Spur

Heavy Rainstorm Results in Rock Slides, Downed Trees, and Motorist Fatality on Spur

Crews are still working to clear the Spur (U.S. 441) between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge after heavy rains caused rockslides, fallen trees and a fatal single-vehicle accident. At about 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2019, the northern area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg experienced extremely heavy rainfall causing multiple small rockslides, downed trees, and flash flooding ...

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