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Interstate 40 remains closed across the Tennessee and North Carolina state border after a mudslide wiped out a portion of the highway. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has a plan to ...
A Google Maps alert that says Interstate 40 at the Tennessee-North Carolina border will be closed until September 2025 is not the definitive date, Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesman ...
Interstate 40, a major thoroughfare through the Southern Appalachians, is closed in both directions: I-40 East is closed from mile marker 432 in Tennessee until mile marker 3 in North Carolina.
The Tennessee leg of I-40 was among 1,047.6 miles (1,685.9 km) of Interstate Highways authorized for the state by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, commonly known as the Interstate Highway Act. [ 5 ] [ 95 ] Its numbering was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials on August 14, 1957. [ 2 ]
On October 25, 2009, I-40 was closed at the North Carolina and Tennessee border due to a landslide at milemarker 2.6 just east of the Tennessee state line. All traffic was detoured via I-26 and I-81, and non-heavy-load traffic via US 25 and US 70. [ 59 ]
On Tuesday, I-40 was reopened east of Asheville, but I-40 at mile marker 3 in Haywood County will remain closed indefinitely. Both I-40 East and West are closed from mile marker 432 in Tennessee ...
Interstate 81 offers a bypass to I-40. From Knoxville, travelers can head north on I-81, which connects with Interstate 26, providing an alternate route to Asheville and other areas in North Carolina.
The longest interstate highway in Tennessee is Interstate 40, at a length of 454.81 miles (731.95 km). The segment of I-40 in Tennessee is also the longest segment of all of the states the route traverses. The shortest mainline interstate highway in Tennessee is I-55, at a length of 12.28 miles (19.