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Interstate 40 is open once again at the Tennessee and North Carolina state line. The highway reopened June 27 following a rockslide and flood that overtook the road June 18. Drivers can now cross the ...
Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge from Haywood County in North Carolina and Cocke County in Tennessee reopened Jun ...
An alert from the North Carolina Department of Transportation was sent around 5:40 a.m. that it would close 2 of the 3 lanes ...
A Google Maps alert that says Interstate 40 at the Tennessee-North Carolina border will be closed until September 2025 is not the definitive date, Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesman ...
"I-40 is closed in both directions [43 miles], between Exit 432 (US 25W/US 70/US 411) in Tennessee and Exit 20 (US 276) in North Carolina," read the latest alert on Monday from NCDOT.
NCDOT has a route in place for larger trucks to navigate the closures at I-40 and Interstate 26. The department warns not use Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps in the affected area.
You can follow road closures at drivenc.gov.. What route can trucks over 30 feet take? NCDOT has a route in place for larger trucks to navigate the closures at I-40 and Interstate 26.
In North Carolina, I-40 is open as far as Exit 20, the Maggie Valley interchange with U.S. 276. On the Tennessee side, westbound I-40 opens at Exit 447, while eastbound traffic must get off at ...
Crews have reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after flooding and a rock slide closed the major cross country highway for nine days.
One person died June 26 after a vehicle became engulfed in flames following an accident on Interstate 40 East, according to ...
A portion of a major interstate that connects western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee was washed out during catastrophic flooding from Helene, with officials unsure when the highway will reopen.
The transportation department's online road conditions map estimates the closure to end at 5 p.m. However, the interstate remained closed as of just before 5:15 p.m. June 26, Rice confirmed.