Mountain Meander - Upper Slice of Route 28 - By rtcoker

This is about my favorite road. Legal speed limit posted is 55 MPH. You will be lucky to do that. So many curves. Knee dragging curves. Good pavement. This road is lightly traveled, mostly locals who know to watch for two wheelers. portions afford good views, but you will be too busy grinnin at the pavement to notice. There are a couple sections along the river which is nice. Once you come into the northern part of Franklin it can get crowded. There are some other backroads to avoid this. We ride this all the time and call it Coke Truck road because one of our group narrowly missed a Coke truck swinging over the double yellow at a tight curve. Incorporate this route with the Cullasaja Gorge into Highlands and you will have a great day!