Great Smoky Loop Poster South Dakota Descending more than 1

Descending more than 1

When automobiles first ventured onto the East Rim Drive around 1910

on a tour of southern Utah in 1919

became the modern highway system that would usher in a new generation of travel throughout the country

Few good paths led to the sculpture’s chosen location

Great Smoky Loop Poster South Dakota Descending more than 1Description 14" x 22" Interpretive Copy In 1934, John L. Humbard was given the job of building U. S. Highway 441 through Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Gatlinburg, TN to Cherokee, N. C. With a crew from the Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC), stone faced bridges and other aesthetic features were constructed. The most famous of these included the loop over the road, that was designed after Yellowstones Corkscrew Bridge.