/tags/i-40 I-40 en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:26:42 GMT /show/due-south/2025-03-03/i-40-from-asheville-to-tn-reopens-after-damage-from-helene The destruction of local roads, bridges, and even a major interstate highway kept Asheville and surrounding towns mostly cut off from the rest of the world for days after Hurricane Helene. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:26:42 GMT /show/due-south/2025-03-03/i-40-from-asheville-to-tn-reopens-after-damage-from-helene Celeste Headlee, Cole del Charco /news/2025-02-28/i40-north-carolina-highway-collapsed-helene-reopen A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding collapsed portions of the road. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:36:03 GMT /news/2025-02-28/i40-north-carolina-highway-collapsed-helene-reopen Associated Press /news/2024-11-13/driver-dies-helene-highway-i-40-north-carolina Officials say a driver has died after going around a barricade on a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Helene's destruction. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:51:16 GMT /news/2024-11-13/driver-dies-helene-highway-i-40-north-carolina Associated Press /news/2024-11-06/traffic-i-40-western-north-carolina-new-years-helene The North Carolina Department of Transportation says it aims to have one lane open in each direction by Jan. 1. Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:30:05 GMT /news/2024-11-06/traffic-i-40-western-north-carolina-new-years-helene Will Michaels /news/2024-09-24/new-extension-nc-540-triangle-expressway-opens-drivers The new stretch of toll road connects the Interstate 40 interchange to Apex. It was supposed to open last month, but erosion caused by Tropical Storm Debby delayed those plans. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:25:55 GMT /news/2024-09-24/new-extension-nc-540-triangle-expressway-opens-drivers Bradley George, Mitchell Northam /sports/2021-12-09/interstate-40-named-unc-basketball-dean-smith-roy-williams A news release from the school’s athletic department says the N.C. Department of Transportation approved a request on Wednesday to name portions of I-40 in Chapel Hill for coaches Dean Smith and Roy Williams. Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:51:06 GMT /sports/2021-12-09/interstate-40-named-unc-basketball-dean-smith-roy-williams Associated Press, Mitchell Northam /news/2017-07-20/expansions-coming-soon-to-two-triangle-freeways Crews with the North Carolina Department of Transportation will add one lane in each direction to two sections of freeway in Raleigh.Interstate 440… Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:51:53 GMT /news/2017-07-20/expansions-coming-soon-to-two-triangle-freeways Will Michaels /business-economy/2017-04-13/ncdot-weighs-plans-for-ramps-on-u-s-70 The North Carolina Department of Transportation is taking public comment on a plan to overhaul two busy intersections on U.S. 70. Up to 59,400 cars travel… Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:33:47 GMT /business-economy/2017-04-13/ncdot-weighs-plans-for-ramps-on-u-s-70 Rebecca Martinez /politics/2015-08-17/fortify-project-squeezes-traffic-at-busiest-junctions Fortify project crews have begun to reduce the roadway from five lanes to four on the I-40/440 split to Hammond Road, and from four lanes to three from… Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:00:00 GMT /politics/2015-08-17/fortify-project-squeezes-traffic-at-busiest-junctions Rebecca Martinez /education/2013-12-26/how-rebuilding-the-raleigh-beltline-could-change-start-times-at-wake-county-schools The reconstruction of the Raleigh Beltline is likely to have a huge impact on the Wake County School system. About 20 percent of schools may be forced to… Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:00:00 GMT /education/2013-12-26/how-rebuilding-the-raleigh-beltline-could-change-start-times-at-wake-county-schools Reema Khrais