Tennessee

Route
Day 1: NC 86 North, I 40 West, I 85 South, I 73 North, I 40 West, US 74 West, US 441 North, local roads to Mingo Falls.

Local roads, US 441 North, local road to Clingman's Dome.

Local road, US 441 North, local roads, US 321 South, US 441 North, TN 66 North, I 40 West, I 140 South, US 129 South to Alcoa TN.

Day 2: US 129 North, I 140 North, I 75 South, TN 30 West, TN 284 South to Fall Creek Falls State Park.

TN 284 North, TN 30 East, TN 101 North, TN 392 East, TN 101 North, I 40 East, TN 58 East, TN 95 North to Oak Ridge. 

TN 62 East, TN 162 East, US 129 South too Alcoa.

Day 3: US 129 South, TN 32 East, US 321 North, Foothills Parkway East, US 129 South, NC 28 East, local road to Fontana Dam.

Local road, NC 28 East, US 19 North to Bryson City,

Local roads to the Road to Nowhere. Local Roads to Deep Creek,

Local roads, US 19 South, US 19 Connector South, US 74 East, I 40 East, local road, US 221 North, NC 226 south, I 40 East, local roads, US 421 South, I 85 North, I 40 East, NC 86 South to Chapel Hill. 

Tunnel on the Road to Nowhere

Appalachian Trail on Fontana Dam

Gift Shop on the Tail of the Dragon - US 129

Notes

I 40 is under repaving for a good stretch near Mocksville.

Newfound Gap Road is being repaved on the Tennesee side of Newfound Gap.

Results
Counties:

  NC: Graham

  TN: Bledsoe, Blount, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea, Van Buren

  for a new total of 1174.

NC: Mileage on US 129, US 221, US 441, NC 28.

TN: Clinched I 140, TN 35. Mileage on I 75, US 127, US 129, US 321, US 441, TN 30, TN 58, TN 62, TN 95, TN 101, TN 162, TN 392.

NPS Sites: Appalachian Trail, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Manhattan Project NHS

Manhattan Project NHS

Great Smoky Mountains NP

Van Gogh, Charlotte

Charlotte Skyline from Camp North End

Route
NC 86 North, I 40 West, I 85 South, NC 16 South, Local Roads to Savonna Mill.

Local Roads, I 77 South, I 485 Outer, NC 51 West to Carolina Place.

NC 51 East, I 485 Inner, I 77 North, US 29 North, Statesville Road to Camp North End.

Statesville Road North, US 21 North, NC 24 East, I 85 North, I 40 East, NC 86 South to Chapel Hill. 

Notes
Immersive Van Gogh is magnificent.  Gogh see it. Accept no substitutes. 

The exhibition is in an old Ford factory, where they built Model A and Model T automobiles. Later, it was used for munition manufacture during the war. They repaved part of the factory floor with wooden bricks to prevent sparking if munitions fell on the war.

They are still working on the new ramp into Concord Mills. It seems to be taking forever.

Construction through Kannapolis is done, but there is bridge work happening between China Grove and Salisbury.

Results
Mileage on US 21, US 29, NC 24, NC 49, NC 51.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem

Route

NC 86 North, I 40 West, I 785 North, US 29 South, Local Roads, I 840 West, I 40 West, US 421 North, NC 150 East, Local Road, US 421 North, NC 74 West, US 311 South, US 52 South, I 40 East, I 73 South, I 85 North, I 40 East, NC 86 South to Chapel Hill  

Notes
There are several new segments of highways in Greensboro and Winston-Salem that opened during Covid: I 840 extension from Lawndale to Elm, NC 150 rerouting in Kernersville and NC 74 (Future I 74) in Winston-Salem.

Results
Clinched NC 74. Reclinched I 840. New mileage on NC 150.