Hiwassee

I think this run is defintely worth checking out at least once. The wicked, but easily avoidable, boils in the Narrows were unlike any I've ever seen before. Hollywood Bowl is a long, farily complex rapid with a potentially nasty ending. The next rapid produced a swimmer. Those are by far the two biggest rapids on the run. Everything else was III-III+ at 2300 cfs (flow in the dries, the powerplant was broken down and offline)

It looks like there is a bridge over the river just below the Appalachia Powerhouse on the USGS topos on this page. There is a bridge, but it's only a foot bridge - no cars.

The gate down to the powerhouse (river left) was open - we parked there and took out without incident. Using the put-in for the Lower (traditional) Hiwassie makes for a very long shuttle, but it sounds like you may not have a choice depending on what kind of mood the gate-keepers are in.