More road closures on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Blue Ridge Parkway officials have just announced another multi-month road closure between Asheville and Mount Pisgah.

Beginning November 1, 2010, and continuing into early spring 2011, the Parkway will be closed from Milepost 399 at Pine Mountain Tunnel to Milepost 405 at NC Route 151. Due to dangerous conditions in the work zone, all traffic by foot, bicycle, and motor vehicle will be prohibited.

The project includes stabilization work on a failing hillside near Milepost 400.

Detour routing is as follows: For southbound traffic, follow NC Route 191 to NC Route 280, interconnecting to US Route 276 in Brevard and back to the Parkway south of Pisgah Inn. The detour can be taken in the opposite direction for northbound traffic.

Parkway travelers should also be aware of another repavement project near milepost 465 that will cause a few delays next week.

A project to reconstruct pavement in the Sherrill Cove Tunnel at Milepost 466 and the Rattlesnake Mountain Tunnel at Milepost 465 will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 1, 2010. Pavement reconstruction will involve milling the pavement surface and repaving through the tunnel. Milling and repaving, replacing centerline and edge striping, installing pavement markers, and other related repairs will require the tunnels to operate under one-lane flagmen controlled traffic for the entire week of November 1-5, 2010.

Reconstruction work is expected to be completed and the tunnels open to traffic by Friday, November 5th.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

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