Paving Update

** US129 PAVING UPDATE 5/12/24**

Paving process began during the first week of May on the US129 section of Tail of the Dragon. They are currently patching the problem sections and pulloffs, so you will find section of the road with new pavement. The new sections are smooth and clean.

Paving will have short sections of lane closures during daylight hours MONDAY thru THURSDAYS. The Dragon is OPEN and does NOT close during paving. You’ll find the lane closures only on the section they are working on, NOT the entire road. The sections are relatively short and the delay is not long. They follow up with a sweeper to pick up most of the paving debris.

The paving must be completed within 35 calendar days of the start date. So ideally the paving will be complete sometime in mid to late June.

Please check here and our social media for updates.

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Just ran across this news item from the Washington (N.C.) Daily News dated Thursday July 6, 1939:

“There isn’t a grander, more beautiful drive in North Carolina than that from Topton through Robbinsville, along the edge of Lake Santeetlah, across Deal’s Gap and into Tennessee.”