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Road closures in Western NC: Map and which roads you can evacuate on. Joyce Orlando, USA TODAY NETWORK. Updated Thu, October 3, 2024 at 3:58 PM UTC. 3 min read.
Road closures continue throughout western NC: Find out what routes to avoid Western North Carolina remains heavily impacted by Hurricane Helene, prompting officials to urge residents to avoid ...
Road closures in Western NC: Map and which roads you can evacuate on. Interstate 40 is impassable between Tennessee and North Carolina due to massive floods and a mudslide.
"I-40 is closed in both directions [43 miles], between Exit 432 (US 25W/US 70/US 411) in Tennessee and Exit 20 (US 276) in North Carolina," read the latest alert on Monday from NCDOT.
You can follow road closures at drivenc.gov. What route can trucks over 30 feet take? NCDOT has a route in place for larger trucks to navigate the closures at I-40 and Interstate 26.
Much of Interstate 40 and Interstate 26 at the Tennessee-North Carolina border were closed over the weekend and on Monday, according to the state's road closures map.
The remnants of Hurricane Helene closed hundreds of roads in Western North Carolina. Slowly, but surely, many are being cleared and reopened. Others are going to take a lot longer to reopen. North ...