Great Smoky Mountains Expressway

Great Smoky Mountains Expressway
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	43.0 mi (69.2 km)
Existed:	September 16, 1983 (1983-09-16) – present
Component highways:	US 19 (Lake Junaluska–Clyde) US 23 (Dillsboro–Clyde) US 74 (Bryson City–Clyde) US 441 (Cherokee–Dillsboro)
Major junctions
West end:	US 19 / US 74 near Bryson City
	US 441 near Cherokee US 23 / US 441 near Dillsboro US 276 in Waynesville US 19 in Lake Junaluska US 19 / US 23 in Clyde
East end:	I‑40 / US 74 near Clyde
Location
Counties:	Swain, Jackson, Haywood
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced North Carolina Highway System Interstate U.S. State Scenic

The Great Smoky Mountains Expressway is a four-lane divided highway that serves as the main east-west corridor through Southwestern North Carolina; connecting the towns of Bryson City, Sylva and Waynesville to Interstate 40. Its establishment and funding was made possible by the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), designed to generate economic development in previously isolated areas, supplement the interstate system and provide access to areas within the region as well as to markets in the rest of the nation.

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