{"id":17413,"date":"2024-12-24T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/new-collapse-to-delay-opening-of-i-40-north-carolina-dot-says\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T01:00:08","slug":"new-collapse-to-delay-opening-of-i-40-north-carolina-dot-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/new-collapse-to-delay-opening-of-i-40-north-carolina-dot-says\/","title":{"rendered":"New collapse to delay opening of I-40, North Carolina DOT says"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) says that the reopening of a stretch of interstate damaged by Hurricane Helene has been delayed after a part of the roadway collapsed last week.<\/p>\n

I-40 at the North Carolina\/Tennessee line was scheduled for reopening in January 2025 after the roadway sustained severe damage during Hurricane Helene in late September, but NCDOT has reported a major setback<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Officials said on Friday that \u201can additional chunk of asphalt fell away from an eastbound lane of I-40 in the Pigeon River Gorge this week, delaying the reopening of the interstate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cause of the new roadway collapse was blamed on \u201cwet weather and freeze-thaw conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now unclear when I-40 could re-open, but NCDOT is working with engineers and contractors on a fix for the new damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an unfortunate situation,\u201d NCDOT Division 14 Engineer Wanda Payne said. \u201cIt\u2019s a new hurdle that we have to overcome in order to provide a safe facility for the traveling public.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to open the corridor as soon as it is safe to do so,\u201d Payne said. \u201cWe know it is a critical route for folks who live here, visit here and travel through here.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can view NCDOT\u2019s recommended detours below.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bTo Southern Tennessee\u200b\/Georgia\/Alabama:<\/strong>\u00a0Use U.S. 74W<\/p>\n

To Tennessee\/Virginia:<\/strong>\u00a0Use I-77 North to I-81\u00a0South
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From e\u200bast of Winston-Salem\u00a0to Tennessee\/Virginia:\u00a0<\/strong>Use I-74W to I-77N to I-81S<\/p>\n

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The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) says that the reopening of a stretch of interstate damaged by Hurricane Helene has been delayed after a part of the roadway collapsed last week. I-40 at the North Carolina\/Tennessee line was scheduled for reopening in January 2025 after the roadway sustained severe damage during Hurricane Helene in late…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}