Interstate 40 Re-Opens Between Asheville-Knoxvegas
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Interstate 40 Re-Opens Between Asheville-Knoxvegas
I-40 reopens after rockslide
By Ely Portillo
elyportillo@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Sunday, Apr. 25, 2010
Six months to the day after a rockslide thundered down into the Pigeon River gorge and covered Interstate 40 near the Tennessee border, transportation officials say the highway is set to reopen.
The highway has been closed near mile marker 20 since October 25. N.C. Department of Transportation officials originally predicted it would take three or four months to clean up the roadway and stabilize the mountain slope, but said an especially harsh winter delayed their efforts.
Three lanes reopen to traffic at about 6 p.m. today. One westbound lane will be closed for several more months as crews continue to shore up the mountain slope. Truckers carrying wide loads west will still have to take the detour of I-26 West north to I-81 South, back to I-40 West in Tennessee.
Eastbound trucks don’t have to worry about additional restrictions and can use the highway immediately.
By Ely Portillo
elyportillo@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Sunday, Apr. 25, 2010
Six months to the day after a rockslide thundered down into the Pigeon River gorge and covered Interstate 40 near the Tennessee border, transportation officials say the highway is set to reopen.
The highway has been closed near mile marker 20 since October 25. N.C. Department of Transportation officials originally predicted it would take three or four months to clean up the roadway and stabilize the mountain slope, but said an especially harsh winter delayed their efforts.
Three lanes reopen to traffic at about 6 p.m. today. One westbound lane will be closed for several more months as crews continue to shore up the mountain slope. Truckers carrying wide loads west will still have to take the detour of I-26 West north to I-81 South, back to I-40 West in Tennessee.
Eastbound trucks don’t have to worry about additional restrictions and can use the highway immediately.
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