Endpoints of
US Route 441[n]

In 1952 US 441 was extended north through Great Smoky Mountains National Park to its current terminus in Tennessee.  Until 1970, US 441 was a single, continuous route.  But in November of that year, the Park decided it did not want the US 441 designation within its boundaries, and AASHO acknowledged that the National Parks Service had sole jurisdiction over the roads within.  Since then, US 441 is assumed to follow an implied route through GSMNP, but since US routes no longer exist within the Park, there are now two separate, disconnected segments of US 441.

US 25W is routed along Main Street/Main Avenue (when I visited in 2007 it was impossible to tell which was correct, as the street signs in town were about evenly split between the two variations).  These shots show the north beginning of US 441 (or "Norris Freeway", which is not really much of a freeway by today's standards), as seen from US 25W (both southbound and northbound, respectively), as well as the first southbound confirming assembly:

Just ahead, the road enters the Park, and there it is referred to only as Newfound Gap Road.  But it is implied that US 441 continues ahead, and a little over 30 miles in that direction, the US 441 designation reappears in Cherokee NC; more info and photos from there can be found on the US 441[s] page.

Research and/or image credits: H.B. Elkins; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa