The highways then proceed out of Maryville and intersect Foothills Parkway's western segment in Chilhowee, turn south and then back east to Townsend where the highways intersect SR 73 Scenic.

They then absorb and begin a concurrency with SR 32 in Cosby and intersect Foothills Parkway's eastern segment.

It serves as a connector route into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

It begins at US 321 and mainline SR 73 in Townsend and heads east into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and ends its signed portion at Laurel Creek Road which goes to Cades Cove.

[citation needed] Despite being signed Secondary on TDOT maps, in Gatlinburg, State Route 73 Scenic is signed Primary with the concurrency of US 441/ SR 71 throughout the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.