The Gatlinburg Bypass in Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopened Sept. 30 after a significant landslide covered the scenic road in debris, temporarily closing the roadway over the weekend.

The landslide happened near the Great Smoky Mountains entrance sign on the Bypass around noon on Sept. 27, after a heavy downpour dropped a total of 3.47 inches of rain between 10 and11:30 a.m., according to the National Park Service. The slide covered about 150 feet of roadway with 1 to 4 feet of mud, trees and other debris, which blocked both lanes of travel.

Since the landslide on Sept. 27, crews have cleared more than 140 truckloads of debris from the road, NPS said in a news release Sept. 30. Crews also cleared adjacent ditches, drainages and a culvert that were filled during the landslide.

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