A special use permit will allow NCDOT to “use rock from Forest Service land and extract construction materials from the (Pigeon) river.” ...

The U.S Department of Transportation has "cleared a number of legal barriers" allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation ...

The quarry on national forest land, which I-40 passes through, would be one to three miles from where it’s needed. NCDOT and ...

Around 20 miles of Interstate 40 between Tennessee and North Carolina have been closed since Tropical Storm Helene hit the region on Sept. 27.

NCDOT is currently working with the U.S. Forest Service to use deposited rock from the site near the Pigeon River. "There is a possibility to utilize local deposited rock from the site to ...

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

Long-term repairs along the Pigeon River Gorge are expected to cost ... "streamlined" if they are able to obtain a permit to use river rock to replace part of the slopes. During Duffy's visit ...

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

The flooding Pigeon River washed away more than a mile of the eastbound lanes on both sides of the state line. Now, transportation departments in both states have built a curb down the middle of ...

NCDOT is currently working with the U.S. Forest Service to use deposited rock from the site near the Pigeon River. NCDOT assistant division construction engineer Nathan Tanner speaks to the media ...