Interstate 40 (I-40) at the Tennessee and North Carolina border has reopened after extensive rehabilitation in the aftermath of the damages caused by Hurricane Helene. The popular highway that connects travelers between Knoxville, TN and Asheville, NC was closed for months as crews from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT ...
The stretch of I-40 in North Carolina that was damaged by Helene supports about 7,610 trucks daily and a total average daily traffic of over 26,000 vehicles. How long is I-40? The highway is 2,559 ...
Five months after Hurricane Helene severed a critical Appalachian freight corridor, a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 40 through North Carolina’s Pigeon River Gorge reopened Saturday.
On the North Carolina side, drivers heading through the Pigeon River Gorge corridor should expect unusual conditions for interstate travel: ... NCDOT has entered a CMGC (Construction Manager/General Contractor) contract for the permanent reconstruction of I-40, with Ames Construction as the contractor, RK&K as the designer and HNTB as the ...
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Interstate 40 was closed in multiple locations between Asheville and eastern Tennessee due to washouts and debris. The remnants of Helene produced hours of damaging wind gusts and flooding rains over the Tar Heel State, causing roadways to washout and towns to be flooded.
Both I-40 East and West are closed from mile marker 432 in Tennessee east to mile marker 3 in North Carolina. I-40 West is closed starting at mile marker 3 in North Carolina west through mile ...
Hurricane damage to North Carolina highways The state of North Carolina has reported more than 60 closures along roadways including I-40, U.S. 74, U.S. 64 and dozens of other U.S. and N.C. highways.
I-26 and I-40 are also closed along the North Carolina and Tennessee border, with travel between the states "extremely limited," especially for trucks longer than 30 feet, according to NCDOT.
Interstate 40 will reopen through the Pigeon River Gorge on March 1, restoring the main highway connection between North Carolina and Tennessee for the first time since damage from remnants of ...
KNOXVILLE — In another milestone of the progress made since Hurricane Helene devastated parts of Tennessee and North Carolina, motorists can travel between the two states on I-40 for the first time since September 2024 on Saturday, March 1. In October 2024, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) reopened I-40 to one traffic lane in each direction between MM 446 and MM 451 ...
Since the storm, a big concern has been the reopening of I-40 at the North Carolina and Tennessee line. The highway is closed in both directions for more than 40 miles (between exit 432 in ...
JONATHAN CREEK – North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and N.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins delivered a message Monday showing that progress continues on the road to recovery from Hurricane Helene. ... Crews tasked with the permanent reconstruction of I-40 will soon mobilize to begin their part of the recovery in the Gorge ...
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The stretch of I-40 in North Carolina that was damaged by Helene supports about 7,610 trucks daily and a total average daily traffic of over 26,000 vehicles. How long is I-40? The highway is 2,559 ...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced that I-40 will reopen Saturday, March 1, with one lane in each direction spanning approximately 12 miles. There will be a 35 mph ...
The stretch of I-40 in North Carolina that was damaged by Helene supports about 7,610 trucks daily and a total average daily traffic of over 26,000 vehicles. How long is I-40? The highway is 2,559 ...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has also installed 15,200 pounds of steel to reinforce the I-40 shoulder, according to David Uchiyama, spokesperson for NCDOT.
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The North Carolina Department of Transportation reports I-40 is scheduled to re-open to traffic between North Carolina and Tennessee following damage from Helene.