US EditionFlooding and rock slides close heavily damaged I-40 section in Smoky Mountains
COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, JUN 18 – Heavy rainfall caused up to 3.5 inches of rain in three hours, triggering a rockslide and flooding that closed a key interstate for about two weeks, officials said.
- Heavy rain, flooding, and rock slides have closed a section of Interstate 40 in the Great Smoky Mountains.
- Traffic on I-40 East must exit at Hartford Road due to the closure.
- Crews continue to remove water and rock from the highway as officials assess stability.
- The Tennessee Department of Transportation stated that the I-40 section may remain closed for up to two weeks.
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Tennessee officials give timeline for reopening I-40 after rockslide damage
Tennessee transportation officials say a rockslide on Interstate 40 near the state line could take at least two weeks to clear and repair before the road can reopen. Both directions of I-40 remain closed near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line after flooding and a rockslide covered the road with muddy water and debris this past week. Tennessee’s Department of Transportation said in a Thursday post on X that the closure on I-40 is the same a…
Flooding and Rock Slides Close Heavily Damaged I-40 Section in Smoky Mountains
HARTFORD, Tenn.—Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains with engineers expecting the road closed for at least two weeks. The slide and flood happened Wednesday afternoon around mile marker 450 in Tennessee, just to the west of the state line with North Carolina, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said on …
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