The trip made me develop a serious appreciation for the sheer diversity and beauty of U.S. national parks. I also realized that some national parks are conveniently clustered together or within a few ...

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Chimney Rock State Park and the Chimney Rock attraction will reopen to visitors on Friday, June 27, nine months after ...

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Rebuilding a section of Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge will take tons of rock ... In February, transportation departments in North Carolina and Tennessee opened the westbound ...

I-40 remained closed through the Pigeon River Gorge for five months after the storm, as contractors worked to stabilize what was left of the highway on both sides of the state line. In February, ...

A 12-mile stretch of Interstate 40 between ... take an exit in the gorge. This area will have lowered speeds, with a 40-mph limit in Tennessee and a 35-mph limit in North Carolina.

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. Though still ...

Interstate 40 will reopen Saturday in western North Carolina with some exceptions ... they will be allowed to travel on I-40 through the gorge, there is no alternate routes available beyond ...