While Interstate 40 will reopen March 1, officials are calling for the reopening to include slow traffic, delays and "unusual ...

Around 20 miles of Interstate 40 between Tennessee and North Carolina have been closed since Tropical Storm Helene hit the ...

At long last, I-40 will reopen along the Pigeon River in Tennessee. Here's what drivers should know about as the interstate reopens after suffering damage from Hurricane Helene ...

Five months after Interstate 40 partially collapsed into the Pigeon River in North Carolina, the highway is reopening March 1. Drivers will once again be able to travel freely from Tennessee ...

A stretch of Interstate 40 connecting North Carolina and Tennessee has reopened more than five months after damage from ...

The road has been closed through Pigeon River Gorge since the storm destroyed sections of it in late September.

I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge is expected to reopen on March 1 Over 2,000 feet of soil nail wall was installed to stabilize the road. The stretch of road supports over 26,000 daily vehicles.

Feb. 27, News 13 is previewing the reopening in Haywood County and speaking with project engineers and NCDOT officials.

Either way, I-40 will be a busy construction zone through the Pigeon River Gorge for the foreseeable future, Tanner said. “I don’t want to discourage people from coming through I-40,” he said.

BPR staff drove the newly-repaired road which was closed since Hurricane Helene washed parts of the road into the Pigeon ...