TN DOT finally decided part of the "Tail Of The Dragons Route" too treacherous for Commercial Vehicles, those over 30' in length.
The NC side has had this in place for a while, but now TN is onboard with the same.
Not the entire route, but beginning at Deals Gap at the NC/TN border up until Tabcat Creek and the Tabcat Bridge.
I got a routing a couple of years back, wanting to run me through that stretch, to which I got back in contact with my dispatch and asked them if they were serious? When asked "Why" I responded I use to ride my Harley up and down that stretch and you have to be crazy to send a Big Rig on it.
After they did a map check, they agreed, not knowing it was already off limits.
http://news.tn.gov/node/13281
US 129 No Longer Allowed From Deals Gap
Discussion in 'Truckers' Weather & Road Conditions' started by jbee, Dec 6, 2014.