Foothills Parkway
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by NPS | |
| Length: | 26.8 mi (43.1 km) |
| Existed: | February 22, 1944 – present |
| Western segment | |
| Length: | 16.9 mi (27.2 km) |
| South end: |
 US 129 in Chilhowee |
| North end: |
 US 321 near Walland
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| Eastern segment | |
| Length: | 5.6 mi (9.0 km) |
| South end: |
US 321 in Cosby
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| North end: |
 I‑40 near Hartford
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| Foothills Parkway Spur | |
| Length: | 4.3 mi (6.9 km) |
| South end: |
 US 321 / US 441 in Gatlinburg
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| North end: |
US 321 / US 441 in Pigeon Forge
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| Location | |
| Counties: | Blount, Sevier, Cocke |
| Highway system | |
The Foothills Parkway is a national parkway which partly traverses the foothills of the northern Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. If completed, the 71-mile (114 km) parkway will connect U.S. Route 129 (U.S. 129) along the Little Tennessee River in the west with Interstate 40 (I-40) along the Pigeon River in the east.
Current and future portions pass through parts of Blount, Sevier, and Cocke counties. Large sections cross a series of high ridges running roughly parallel to the Tennessee boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and offer unobstructed views of the Great Smokies to the south and the Tennessee Valley to the north.
The oldest unfinished highway project in Tennessee, the Foothills Parkway project has been continuously stalled by funding difficulties since Congress authorized its construction in 1944. As of 2010, only one-third of the parkway had been completed and opened to vehicular traffic, although the right of way for the full length has been acquired.
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