NC I-40 Closed @ MM #3

[2xR]

The weather ya'll r having wont help. I heard flood warnings r up.

Yup... Raining sideways now. The ground has felt like you were walking on a sponge before it started raining, this time.

[2xR]

2/25/2010

Winter Weather Delays Reopening of I-40

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has pushed back the reopening of a portion of Interstate 40 that was closed by a rockslide in October. While the department had expected to finish the work in March, it has delayed the work due to harsh winter weather, and doesn't expect to reopen it until late April.

The DOT says there are five additional sites that need to be stabilized, four of which are just west of the area where the October rockslide occurred, near the Tennessee border.



Read the entire article at TruckingInfo.com

I'm telling you, if you're smart, you stay the hell off of this POS road. I run West out of NC all the time and will not be on this stretch of I-40 unless I have a delivery in the immediate vicinity. I-77 to I-81 will get you to the same place, with an 11 mile difference (longer), but, will save you thirty minutes, or more.

[patriciajnsn]

They have part of I 40 closed somewhere around there because of a mudslide and still havent reopened it.Knowing the clean up crew it'll take well over a yr.

I'm telling you, if you're smart, you stay the hell off of this POS road. I run West out of NC all the time and will not be on this stretch of I-40 unless I have a delivery in the immediate vicinity. I-77 to I-81 will get you to the same place, with an 11 mile difference (longer), but, will save you thirty minutes, or more.

[patriciajnsn]

oh I see way back when it was posted why its closed.Well folks it is still closed and dont see it reopening anytime soon but when it does ill remember what u said 2xr and avoid that stretch of i40 like the plaque.

They have part of I 40 closed somewhere around there because of a mudslide and still havent reopened it.Knowing the clean up crew it'll take well over a yr.

[boone315]

When they had that huge rockslide back in the '90's that closed the road for what, almost a year? was enough to make me take alternate routes, not that driving through that pass behind somebody loaded to the nines wasn't bad enough they restrict you to the right lane

[patriciajnsn]

iT'LL PROBABLY BE A YR OR BETTER BEFORE IT'S REOPENED.They're so SLOWWWWWWWWW.

When they had that huge rockslide back in the '90's that closed the road for what, almost a year? was enough to make me take alternate routes, not that driving through that pass behind somebody loaded to the nines wasn't bad enough they restrict you to the right lane

[Mike]

It can stay closed as far as I am concerned. The route that 2XR showed is much better, and as he says, faster.

[rebel]

Just an update.
They said oversize loads still need to take the detour.

I-40 to open through the mountains this evening - Traffic - NewsObserver.com

[patriciajnsn]

Well its about time,LOL.

Just an update.
They said oversize loads still need to take the detour.

I-40 to open through the mountains this evening - Traffic - NewsObserver.com