Great Smoky Mtns. Expwy.

This video follows the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway (U.S. 74/441) between Dillsboro and exit 74 (U.S. 441 North - Gatlinburg/Great Smoky Mountains National Park).

U.S. 23/441 diverge at U.S. 74. U.S. 23 follows U.S. 74 east toward Waynesville and Asheville; while U.S. 441 follows U.S. 74 west toward Gatlinburg, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Murphy (the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina), of which a portion of the Qualla Boundary -- where the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians live -- is in; however, this portion of Qualla is discontiguous from the portions that're in Swain, Jackson, Haywood and Graham counties (NC).

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• Graham-County-North-Carolina
• Sylva-North-Carolina

[benschlechter]

I wonder why no mention of Knoxville is made when US 441 goes up past Cherokee and Gatlinburg?

[Bryant5493]

@benschlechter

Well, I just posted the closer two of the three cities (Cherokee/Galtinburg), which is a good ways away.

[benschlechter]

@Bryant5493 I meant, why didn't they mention Knoxville on the signs posted on the highway?

[Bryant5493]

@benschlechter

Oh, okay. My bad.

[04smallmj]

Are those mountains connected to the Appalachian mountains?

4:25 FINALLY a sensible speed limit! Why have 55 MPH limits when 60 MPH is easier to remember and easier to read on your speedometer!

[Bryant5493]

@04smallmj

Yeah, they're a subrange of the Appalachians.

I agree. 60 or 65 is far more respectable than 55.

[sylvaparanormal]

good old Sylva NC haha

[spenckey]

Beautiful scenery, fun drive! Especially in late autumn. Stunning!

[tonid5573]

whats the name of the song used in this video, i like it

[04smallmj]

@DetectiveMiau I don't speed and I live in the UK, not the US. Here we have 3 main speed limits. 30 in urban areas, 60 on country roads and 70 on motorways. That's easy to remember. However, you have speed limits that vary very often. e.g. 25, then 35 then 55 then 35 and then 40. It's less confusing if the limits are more consistent with the road types. It also varies state by state to make it more confusing. Why can't you just have a national speed limit for each type of road?

[DetectiveMiau]

@04smallmj 55 harder to read than 60 or 65? Okay...

Besides if it says 55, it must be for a reason. Like I said people go as fast as they fucking feel like. Sorry but it pisses me off when the same people that go faster, then complain about the injustice and how accidents and tragedies could have been avoided by going slower when they themselves don't give a shit.

[04smallmj]

@DetectiveMiau No, I'm insulting the DOTs who are obsessed with their 5s. No other country that I can think of has speed limits going up in 5 MPH increments. It's confusing and harder to read on a speedometer.