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Old 02-02-2021, 05:13 PM   #1
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I77, Fancy Gap

Today Fancy Gap made the 6 o’clock news again. It does on a regular basis. Fancy Gap is on the Virginia North Carolina border. It’s a gap between Va and Nc where the wind picks up speed and blows things like tractor trailers and campers over and some times off the road on a regular basis. If you travel I77 and there is a wind advisory believe it. Your camper is no match for Fancy Gap. Several tractor trailers were blown over on it today. Several years ago a state trooper was blown over the mountain when he stopped to investigate a tractor trailer that had been blown over.
Just a word to the wise.
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Old 02-03-2021, 05:09 AM   #2
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I travel that several times a year on the way to WV. You're right! The wind advisory and fog advisory should definitely be believed!
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Old 02-03-2021, 05:10 AM   #3
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such an odd name for a bad place to drive
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True we run it twice a year on our way to Florida and back . We keep out EGT below 1200 and take our time. We have seen some bad accidents over the years primarily due to big trucks running way to fast.
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Old 02-03-2021, 09:28 AM   #5
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We also tow through there multiple times every year. I have seen 2 travel trailers on their sides at the top of mountain heading north in the same area. I always thought it was a strange place to lose control going up the mountain. I bet it was from strong winds and over steering to correct it. Both times an SUV was the tow vehicle.


There are a couple of much steeper/harder climbs on north into WV. Thankfully just not as long.
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Old 02-03-2021, 10:39 AM   #6
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Fancy Gap is the name of the small community there. We don’t hear about a wreck unless it a big one, several cars or tractor trailers involved.
My brother and I were going up the mountain at 65 MPH several years ago and had a seven foot 2X10 blow out the bed of my truck. Fancy Gap is the only road I have ever seen on that worries me. I guess because we hear about it so often.
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Thanks for the heads up! We travel through there on our way to Florida and back every year (not this year, stuck in Canada). I have driven through fog in there, but we have never encountered winds. We always check the weather forecasts for every place we travel through, and if wind is a factor, we hold off leaving until it's resolved.
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