After a months-long closure of Interstate 40 at the North Carolina and Tennessee state line, the highway is expected to reopen this spring. I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge has remained closed ...

I-40 reopened between Tennessee and North Carolina on Saturday, March 1, marking the first time traffic can move between the two states since Hurricane Helene hit in September 2024.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation said a four-mile stretch of Interstate 40 on the North Carolina/Tennessee border will reopen Saturday, albeit at a slower speed with just one lane ...

The highway administration said it originally expected crews to gather rocks from 20 to 50 miles away. 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 ...

The U.S Department of Transportation has "cleared a number of legal barriers" allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation ...

North Carolina Department of Transportation crews will be able to take construction materials from the Pisgah National Forest to rebuild a section of Interstate 40 that washed out in Hurricane Helene.