NCDOT confirmed a mudslide at mile marker 3 near the Tennessee state line washed away a portion of the eastbound side on the North Carolina side into the Pigeon River. ... COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. — Interstate 40 in Western North Carolina is expected to be closed indefinitely after flooding from Hurricane Helene caused serious damage to the ...
Flooding and mudslides shut down around 30 miles of I-40 in Tennessee and North Carolina on Friday. ... The interstate closure continues into Cocke County, where the Tennessee Department of Transportation said it is closed at Exit 440. ... I-40 washed away in North Carolina near Tennessee state line (Credit: Brynn Sitton)
Dozens of cars and trucks were stuck on Interstate 40 when the flooded river undermined the ... North Carolina’s traffic management team had called to say the road had washed away just before ...
WBIR reports the flooding caused a mudslide and washed away part of the interstate on I-40. The Associated Press reported that torrential rains are flooding North Carolina's mountains, creating a ...
Spokesman Mark Nagi shared several videos of the Pigeon River flooding onto I-40 in Cocke County. The flooding caused a mudslide and washed away part of the interstate on I-40, WBIR reported.
Interstate 40 is closed at the Tennessee-North Carolina border near the ... which could partially be washed way underneath and weakened on the surface." ... I-40 is a heavily trafficked highway ...
READ: ‘There’s a big crack in the road’: The race to get cars off I-40 as Helene washed it away: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/artic...
Interstate 26 between mile markers 40 and 43 is another major focus, as well as State Route 81 in Unicoi and Washington counties, Reid said. Alternate routes from Tennessee and North Carolina ...
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding collapsed portions of the road, ... Flooding in the Pigeon River gorge in Haywood County washed away over 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) of I-40’s eastbound lanes ...
Interstate 40 was closed near Old Fort west of Asheville, and Interstate 26 was shut down south of Asheville near Hendersonville. ... Washed-out roads prevented first responders from making it to ...
All lanes of I-40 are closed near Black Mountain, one mile west of Exit 64 to NC 9. All lanes of I-40 are closed at the Tennessee-North Carolina state line. All lanes of I-40 is closed at Exit 20 ...
I-40 On North Carolina-Tennessee Border Washed Out Amid Floods, Road Closed | PHOTOS. A portion of the Interstate 40 that connects North Carolina to Tennessee via Cocke County was swallowed up by a landslide from a flash flood in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene Friday. Photos of the water swallowing a part of the highway surfaced.
Tropical Storm Helene washed out multiple sections of Interstate 40, but that didn’t stop one motorist from bypassing a road block to try it anyway, according investigators in North Carolina.
The flooded Pigeon River washed away more than a mile of the eastbound lanes of I-40 in the gorge on Sept. 27, severing the main connection between North Carolina and Tennessee.
While Interstate 40 has never seen lanes fall away like during Hurricane Helene, the interstate does have a history with landslides and rockslides. Section of I-40 washed away near NC-Tennessee ...
Traffic on Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge was moving. ... As he drove, Wortham noticed several places where the river had washed everything away up to the paved shoulder, including ...
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