{"id":140293,"date":"2025-02-11T05:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140293"},"modified":"2025-02-11T05:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:32:03","slug":"interstate-40-set-to-reopen-in-march-months-after-hurricane-helene-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140293","title":{"rendered":"Interstate 40 set to reopen in March, months after Hurricane Helene damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Aerial footage captured by the North Carolina National Guard provides a dramatic look at the scope of catastrophic flooding caused by the effects of Hurricane Helene when the deadly storm swept across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic after making landfall in Florida last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Interstate 40 is set to reopen March 1, nearly six months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane<\/a> Helene washed out parts of the highway in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> and Tennessee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NCDOT\/status\/1889046062033211647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina Department of Transportation<\/a> announced the planned reopening date for the interstate in the Pigeon River Gorge near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee<\/a> border Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Once reopened, traffic will be limited to one lane in each direction with a reduced speed limit of 40 mph in some areas, the department said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The lane and speed restrictions will go a few miles into Tennessee as well, NCDOT said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Hurricane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helene<\/a> devastated several states in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southeast<\/a> after the storm made landfall in Florida on Sept. 26, 2024. The storm caused devastation as far inland as Tennessee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Portions of I-40 in North Carolina and Tennessee have been closed since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/flood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flooding<\/a> and debris from the storm took out chunks of the highway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A photo taken last week by NCDOT showed the progress on the interstate in the months since the hurricane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/nc-i-40-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/nc-i-40-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/nc-i-40-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/nc-i-40-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/nc-i-40-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/nc-i-40-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/nc-i-40-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Interstate 40 set to reopen in North Carolina near the Pigeon River Gorge on March 1, nearly 6 months after Hurricane Helene. \"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Interstate 40 set to reopen in North Carolina near the Pigeon River Gorge on March 1, nearly 6 months after Hurricane Helene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (@NCDOT\/X)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">I-40 is the main artery that connects Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/when-will-interstate-40-reopen-western-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nearly a month<\/a> after the storm hit, NCDOT reported nearly 7,000 sites where roads and bridges were damaged by Helene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Since the storm, some parts of the roadway in both states have reopened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/interstate-40-north-carolina-tennessee-hurricane-helene-reopening\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aerial footage captured by the North Carolina National Guard provides a dramatic look at the scope of catastrophic flooding caused by the effects of Hurricane Helene when the deadly storm &hellip; 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