Rock Slide Update

Oct 26, update from North Carolina Division of Tourism: Interstate 40 in western North Carolina -- one of the state's key trucking routes and one of the chief roads used by visitors and others traveling to and from the mountains, Tennessee and beyond – could be closed for up to three months after a rockslide buried the highway under a mountain of rubble early Sunday morning. Approximately 25,000 vehicles pass through this section of I-40 daily, with about half of those vehicles being commercial trucks, according to the N.C. Dept. of Transportation (NCDOT). For detours and details read more...