NEWFOUND GAP, Great Smokey Mtn. Nat'l Park

[GPG52_]

Gents
We are finally taking our new Cougar 327 and new Ford F250 out for our first summer trip.
Ontario to Nashville, TN (via I75, 71,65)
Nashville to Cherokee, NC (via 40, 60 to Gatlinburg and through Great Smokey Mtn. Nat'l Park crossing at Newfound Gap el 5,048ft)
Cherokee, NC to Asheville,NC to Statesville (via I40), Buffalo, NY (via I77, 79, 90) back to Ontario.
QUESTION:
How friendly is the Newfound Gap crossing through Great Smokey Mtn. Nat'l Park for bigger rigs?
Or should we error on the side of caution and loop through Ashville (40) and double back to Cherokee?
Any insight would be appreciated.
GPG

[yrusoslo]

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