Video: Scenic Old Roads of Chattanooga #1 - Signal Mountain's W Road

This video is the first in a series of dashcam videos driving the scenic and historic mountain roads in the Chattanooga Area. The W road is an old road which ascends the side of Walden's Ridge in the Signal Mountain area of Chattanooga. It gets it's name from the W shape of three hairpin turns near the top. The road was first created in 1873, was widened in 1927 and is virtually unchanged since 1940. The historic stone guardrails can be seen at 5:15 in the video. The "W" hairpin turns begins at 5:50. The photo in the thumbnail is from the Library of Congress and was taken in 1907.