U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges federal support to fully rebuild the highway through the Pigeon River Gorge ...

Gov. Josh Stein announced the opening during a Feb. 10 visit from Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

During a Feb. 10 visit to Western North Carolina, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a plan that he said ...

Damage from the storm closed I-40 on Sept. 28. Entire sections of the eastbound lanes sloughed off in the raging Pigeon River. NCDOT officials immediately began designing a plan to reopen the ...

I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge has remained closed since late September when Hurricane Helene ripped through the region, ...

I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge has remained closed since late September when Hurricane Helene ripped through the region, leaving mass devastation in the storm's wake. Helene temporarily ...

HARMON DEN - Gov. Josh Stein has announced a vital pathway between North Carolina and Tennessee, the portion of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge that was destroyed by Tropical Storm Helene ...

As crews continue to make repairs so that I-40 at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line can be reopened, the North Carolina ...

The primary road connection between North Carolina and eastern Tennessee was severed in late September as flooding in the Pigeon River gorge washed away over 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) of I-40’s ...

but heavy rain caused a chunk of asphalt to fall from an eastbound lane of I-40 in the Pigeon River Gorge, delaying the reopening. Additionally, Helene-related closures are still impacting more ...