This is pretty cool story I found recently. Local officials in two Virginia counties are hoping to attract more motorcyclists to their area by renaming a popular section of VA Route 16, the “Back of the Dragon”. The 32 mile section of Route 16 stretches between Tazewell and Marion Counties and has already been dubbed “Back of the Dragon” by riders, but this move will make it official.
There are three mountains between Frog Level in Tazewell County and Marion in Smyth County that give the road its name. They are supposed to represent the humps of a dragon’s back. You can read more about it at motorcycleroads.com.
A section of road in North Carolina is called “Tail of the Dragon”, and has helped increase tourism to the Deals Gap, NC area as well as stimulated a lot of economic growth . Local officials in Tazewell and Marion Counties are hoping to bring the same growth and tourism to Virginia; they have already begun planning the “Back of the Dragon Days” in June. The popular road has been featured in magazines such as BMW, and will bring a wide variety of tourists to the area, according to an article on swvatoday.com.
I think this is great, it’s not very often you see officials (local, state or government) making moves to welcome bikers. Hopefully, with more and more people getting on two wheels, we might begin to see more stories like this in the news.
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