Rockslide in NC near Tennessee shuts Interstate 40

must been real fun trying to make a u -turn with those race trailers with out getting scrached on the paint jobs.

 

I just watched the local news, and they claim this is worse than the '97 slide. They say that one was mostly dirt with rock, while this one is all rock, and will be much harder to clean up. It's hard telling how long I-40 will be closed this time.

 

Just watched a bit of the local news this morning, as I'm in Inman, SC right now....the word they're using is "months".

I was headed to Knoxville to relay a load to Nashville...someone will have to come get it here now as I only have a handful of hours to run today...been busy the last five days, so I can't do the detour with what I've got left.

Glad the driver of the JCT truck was OK (at least that's what I heard).....

 

If you're light lol. There's a few hills between Asheville and 81. Some might argue a little better scenery than the gorge though so it's not all bad.

 

If you're not scared of twisty two-lanes, 81 out of Erwin to 107 through Greeneville is a scenic tour. It's actually not a bad drive, I run that road quite frequently... about 30 miles longer than I-40.

Be forewarned, the first section on 81 (Erwin) is narrow and very twisty, but fun!

 

It is 116 miles from Asheville, NC to Knoxville, TN taking I-40. It's 146 miles to go via 107. It's 166 miles to run all the way up I-26 to I-81... apparently whoever came up with the "official detour" was hitting the glass pipe.

 

I guess I'll be taking the scenic route today. Heading for Statesville out of Little Rock.

 

Gee you'd think they would have built some sort of retaining wall after the first rock slide.