Exactly! I'm up there like every other week in the Summer and have never had a run-in with them. Don't act like a doofus and you'll be fine.
Dragon Closed 'til Sept 1st!
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Exactly! I'm up there like every other week in the Summer and have never had a run-in with them. Don't act like a doofus and you'll be fine.
89fiveohman
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hey guys just a suggestion here but there is a road here in east t.n thats almost as good as the dragon not quite as legendary but its u.s 421, '' THE SNAKE'' shady valley t.n just outside of elizabethton t.n trust me its awsome, youtube it and see some videos of the twisties there!!
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Takeuon
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Cool! About how far from Robbinsville is that?
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From TDOT........
Released on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 - 1:24 pm under Media Advisories Road Closures Transportation KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Work to clear a rockslide that closed U.S.-129/SR-115 is expected to begin early April. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will let an emergency contract to clear the slide on Monday, March 29. TDOT qualified two specialty contractors, Pacific Blasting Demolition Ltd. and Phillips & Jordan, Inc., to bid on the project. Both contractors offer specialized experience in rockslide clearance and stabilization that is needed to repair the substantial and complex slide on U.S.-129/SR-115.
The emergency contract is expected to be awarded to one of the two specialty contractors on Monday, March 29 with work expected to begin no later than April 5. This will allow contractors time to transport specialized equipment to the site of the slide in Blount County.
TDOT’s contract has a completion date of July 31, 2010.
Meanwhile, detours remain in place while the stretch of road known as the Dragon is closed from the slide area to the North Carolina state line. Motorists are advised to continue to monitor the TDOT website at Tennessee Department of Transportation for updates and detour details. TDOT is also on Twitter. For up to the minute traffic information in Knoxville and the Tri-Cities follow us on Twitter at Knoxville511 (Knoxville511) on Twitter. For statewide travel information follow TN511 (TN511) on Twitter.
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89fiveohman
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its a pretty good little ride from robinsville but i live about in the middle of the two,you should be able to google map it or mapquest and see how far it actually is from one another,but let me tell ya its worth the ride its alot like deals gap they have a good sized old timey like store that has a restaurant in it, sells t-shirts ,gas and a couple of awsome roads leading up to it
89fiveohman
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when you first pull out of the store heading into the snake there are driveways ,its kinda residential but once you get back to it its just like the dragon , back in the wilderness
Looks like I can leave the 240 on for the bash. No crazy twisties without the Dragon.
NCBusa2001
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I haven't seen this mentioned, BUT....
If the whole org is out on "other" roads, let's preach caution on them also. I know there is a bunch of safety talk regarding the dragon for first timers. But the dragon is low speed riding. The "other" roads, not so much.
Guard rails at triple digits don't mix (so I've been told).
IMHO, stupid hurts, but "group stupid" is disasterous.
Chris
If the whole org is out on "other" roads, let's preach caution on them also. I know there is a bunch of safety talk regarding the dragon for first timers. But the dragon is low speed riding. The "other" roads, not so much.
Guard rails at triple digits don't mix (so I've been told).
IMHO, stupid hurts, but "group stupid" is disasterous.
Chris
Excellent point! A Busa can reach deeeep triple digits on the Cherohala Skyway, but there's almost always a 20 MPH turn coming right up. That's just one example.
So youre saying you're gonna be too slow to keep up this year Chris? and you're giving us excuses ahead of time too! How thoughtful..
heh, well we dont need any excuses for you ahead of time, you provide all we need real time
jch364
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one of the bad things here is that im afraid that politics will be played here. seems to me. just to me mind you, that tn gov office does not like the dragon. maybe to many complaints of bikes. not enough rev from all the visitors since most go to nc. i dont know. Problem is that the bottom line is that this is one road of many that has this problem right now. And its probably not traveled as much as other roads that have slides. I hope that tn will take up nc on the offer of getting things cleaned up quick. everyone benifits if they do. communities on both ends but escpecially nc side suffer greatly if they dont.
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one of the bad things here is that im afraid that politics will be played here. seems to me. just to me mind you, that tn gov office does not like the dragon. maybe to many complaints of bikes. not enough rev from all the visitors since most go to nc. i dont know. Problem is that the bottom line is that this is one road of many that has this problem right now. And its probably not traveled as much as other roads that have slides. I hope that tn will take up nc on the offer of getting things cleaned up quick. everyone benifits if they do. communities on both ends but escpecially nc side suffer greatly if they dont.
and that is probably why the NC gov. is getting involved a great deal to try and get the TN gov. to get stuff sorted out. As was mentioned at one point, once people change their habits from going over the mountain to the TN side for shopping, they are very unlikely to revert back once the road is open again.
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