The important role I-40 plays in our community 35 years later underscores the need for road infrastructure to support ...

On June 18, flooding and a rockslide shut down I-40 near the state line. TDOT had said there were four slide sites, the ...

Interstate 40 in western North Carolina, the 20 miles in both directions nearest the Tennessee border, has reopened following ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Beginning Sunday night, June 29, through Wednesday night, July 2, N.C. Department of Transportation contract crews will close eastbound Interstate 40 between ...

Crews on Friday reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after ...

Interstate 40 is open once again at the Tennessee and North Carolina state line. The highway reopened June 27 following a ...

According to a spokesperson for NCDOT, the I-40 West traffic shift has been postponed until next week. NCDOT delays I-40W traffic shift to next week after storms leave wet pavement in Triad. Skip ...

The closure from the Hendersonville Road exit (exit 50) to Interstate 26, is set to begin at 8 p.m. May 9. The NCDOT said the section will reopen at 6 a.m. May 12. NCDOT UNVEILS UPDATED I-26 ...

In February 2012, the interstate was shut for several days because of a slide just west of mile marker 7. At the same time, a slide had blocked the roadway on the Tennessee side at the state line.

Work continues along the Tennessee side of I-40 on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 after Hurricane Helene in caused damage to Interstate 40 at the Tennessee and North Carolina state line in September 2024.

When will I-40 open in Tennessee? Currently, I-40 is closed in Tennessee to all traffic beginning at mile marker 451. This exit is just a few miles west of the Tennessee/North Carolina border.