Tennessee to (finally!) ban trucks from The Dragon

[agent]

Hooray!

Tennessee is banning trucks longer than 30 feet from using a twisty stretch of U.S. Route 129 that is known as The Dragon.

The truck ban is welcome news to motorcyclists and sports car enthusiasts who travel long distances to experience the mountain road famous for its 318 curves in 11 miles along the western edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...-from-the.html

[rcsoundn1]

This has me all over the web searching how to get there and what to do there. Good idea to ban trucks, though I can see why they would want to save the 100 miles it takes to avoid the tail.

[agent]

This has me all over the web searching how to get there and what to do there.

One word: Brodeo.

[rcsoundn1]

Its only 3 1/2 hrs from me, I thought it would be further