Great Smoky Mountains Expressway

Great Smoky Mountains Expressway
Great Smoky Mountains Expressway
Route information
	Maintained by NCDOT
Length	43.0 mi (69.2 km)
Existed	September 16, 1983–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
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Swain, Jackson, Haywood
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; North Carolina Highway System; Interstate; US; 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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