John Cletheroe's
USA and Canada Holiday Hints

Asheville, North Carolina to Marietta, Ohio - US23, US119 and I-77; Cherokee, Jefferson and Pisgah National Forests

The road from Asheville, North Carolina to Marietta, Ohio is in the main part an excellent divided highway through wooded mountain scenery, making for a very pleasant day's drive through six states. The road goes through and over a great number of extremely impressive cuttings, viaducts and bridges along the way. There are also a few short sections where you have to use two-lane roads, mainly in those places where the new highway is not finished yet.

The route is as follows:

Asheville, North Carolina

US23 North (partly through the Pisgah National Forest)

Enter Tennessee (and the Cherokee National Forest)

Enter Virginia (and later the Jefferson National Forest)

Enter Kentucky

Pikeville, Kentucky

US119 East (or is it North? - the road heads northeast)

Enter West Virginia

Charleston, West Virginia

I-77 North

Cross the Ohio River into Ohio