Restoring the Gap

 

An area re-contoured to resemble a wagon trail. - National Park Service Photo

The asphalt on the old U.S. Route 25E through Cumberland Gap was demolished in 2002, with the earth re-contoured to resemble a wagon trail. The National Park Service used tons of rock excavated from the tunnel to re-create the topography of the late 1700s, when settlers crossed the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky from Tennessee on the old “Wilderness Trail”.

A completed portion of the trail. - National Park Service Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




View additional photos about the gap restoration in the photo galleries