I-40 and US 64 Info For Travel From Tennessee
Posted: Feb 8, 2010
I-40 Info For Travel From Tennessee
UPDATED: Monday, Feb. 8 at 9 a.m.
Seasonal activities are happening throughout North Carolina, and all areas of the state are accessible for trips to the mountains, piedmont or coast despite the rockslide that has caused a detour on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina/Tennessee state line. The detour does not impact access to the Blue Ridge Parkway, nor travel to any destinations in North Carolina except directly from Tennessee.
For information on current road conditions, visitors should check the North Carolina Department of Transportation Traveler Information Management System website at www.ncdot.gov/traffictravel/ or call 511, the state’s free travel information line. NCDOT information can also be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ncdot.
For more details, go to:
http://media.visitnc.com/news/605/15/US-321-Re-Opens-After-Rock-Slide-Offering-Full-Access-to-North-Carolina-s-Ski-and-Snow-Season/d,newsitem_latest_news.html
Download the I-40 detour map (.pdf)
Download map of detour routes to Asheville (.pdf)
Additional information available at explore asheville.
Smokies Update: Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) is having periodic weather-related closures. Motorists should watch for ice and use caution, particularly on the Tennessee side of Newfound Gap Road. Visitors should call 865/436-1200 to check road conditions as the road may be closed again depending on ice and snow conditions.
Download Alternate Routes Into The North Carolina Smokies (.pdf)
Additional information available at Cherokee Smokies.
UPDATED: Monday, Feb. 8 at 9 a.m.
U.S. 64 Info For Travel From Southeast Tennessee
U.S. 64 in Polk County Tennessee is closed at mile marker 17.6 due to a major rockslide near the Ocoee 2 Dam. The roadway will remain closed for several weeks.
Visitors coming to North Carolina from that area of Tennessee are advised to take I-75 to Exit 60 (SR-68, Sweetwater) and follow SR-68 South through McMinn County and into Ducktown in Polk County where 68 meets up with US 64/74 East. For a map of the detour, go to http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/US64rockslide/maps/US64Rockslidemap.pdf. For information on the highway, visitors should check the Tennessee Department of Transportation website at http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/US64rockslide/default.htm.
