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Rock slide closes US 441 in mountains

GATLINBURG, Tenn. – A rock slide has closed U.S. 441 through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

WVLT-TV in Knoxville quoted park spokesman Bob Miller, who said the slide affects both lanes of the highway – also known as Newfound Gap Road – about six miles north of Cherokee, N.C.

The rocks slid onto the highway on Sunday evening.