The N.C. Department of Transportation has established a plan to begin cleaning up and stabilizing the area where a rock slide occurred on I-40 early Sunday October 25, 2009. The interstate is closed at Exit 20 in North Carolina and at Exit 451 in Tennessee.

Aerial Shot of the rockslide

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Detours and Alternative Routes

Thumbnail of detour map Travelers can still reach Western North Carolina via a number of routes. An official detour has been set up for inter-state traffic. Motorists traveling west to Tennessee should take I-40 West to I-240 West (Exit 53b) in Asheville to I-26 West (Exit 4a). Follow I-26 West from Asheville to I-81 South (Exit 8a) in Tennessee, back to I-40. Eastbound motorists will follow the reverse directions.

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Photos

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Video

This video provides a view of the I-40 rockslide project set in the geographic terrain of the Pisgah National Forest. The video begins with a view of Interstate 40 as it winds along the Pigeon River gorge, shows the rockslide happening, shows rock debris being hauled away last month, and then ends with an illustration showing where steel rock bolts will be installed to shore up the mountainside.

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