HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) — Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross-country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.

UPDATE: Rangers and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Knoxville Strike Team carried the hiker with a broken leg down from Mount LeConte on May 9, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson said.

U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road, the major road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will reopen to traffic by 8 a.m. Oct. 2, providing access between Tennessee and North Carolina. Kuwohi Road ...

A busy highway in the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains that closed on Saturday due to a mudslide has reopened, National Park Service rangers said. U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky ...

This story has been updated to include information about roads reopening. U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now open after being closed to traffic for more than ...

A wildland fire reported inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Monday has led to road, trail and campsite closures in the park, according to park officials. As of Wednesday, these closures ...

A landslide closed a busy highway in the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains on Saturday, National Park Service rangers said. U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ...

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Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — UPDATE 3 PM OCT. 1: The National Park Service anticipates re-opening Newfound Gap Road, also known as US Highway 441, by 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Park Service announced ...