The new road would follow the north shore of Fontana Lake. The Tennessee Valley Authority, the state of North Carolina, the National Park Service, and Swain County entered an agreement for construction of a replacement road for old NC 288. The dissension between Swain County and the Federal Government originated in what is known as the "1943 Agreement". The highway, and the consequence of the dam upon the highway, has been political fodder since 1943. Many of the trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park originated from existing roads, railroad tracks, and logging manways constructed before the formation of the park.Īnother Abandoned Car on the Lakeshore Trail- Joe Kegleyįrom my research I gather highway NC 288 was constructed sometime between 19 and didn't last very long after 1944 when Fontana Lake began filling. Most of Hwy 288 was flooded after the completion of Fontana Dam in the early 1940s, but a few sections remained above water. So why are the broken down remains of old cars found on the Lakeshore Trail? That particular section of the Lakeshore Trail used to be a part of old NC 288, a highway traversing between Bryson City and Deals Gap. Hike another 1/2 mile and several more automobiles will be discovered on the right. Not far up the trail you will find another neglected shell of an automobile. Here you will park at the trailhead and hike approximately 1.3 miles on the Lakeshore Trail to view the first remains of a crumbling vehicle on the right. To locate the remains of these 1920's/1930's automobiles, drive over the dam then take an immediate right and follow the road to its terminus. The abandoned automobiles are located on a section of the Lakeshore Trail close to Fontana Dam. But you don't need to hike that distance to see the rusty vehicles. Depending on your perspective, the Lakeshore Trail starts just across Fontana Dam and ends near Bryson City (approximately 35 miles long). More on that later, let's get back to the rusty remains.įive or six of these decaying antiques are easily viewed just off the Lakeshore Trail. NC 288, Fontana Dam, and The Road To Nowhere. But the storyline needed to be expanded to explain why the vehicles are on the trail in the first place thus. The original intention of this brief article was a story specific to the abandoned cars on the Lakeshore Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Abandoned Automobile on NC Hwy 288 - Joe Kegley
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