Work is continuing on the oldest uncompleted highway project in Tennessee this spring with the ongoing construction of the Foothills Parkway, a scenic, high-elevation drive near the northwest boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park above Chilhowee Lake. Currently, just over 22 miles (35 km) of the Parkway are complete and open for travel. The byway provides breathtaking vistas both eastward into the Smokies and westward into the Tennessee foothills.