Cool Road Closed I 40 2025. Portions of interstate 40 in the state’s easternmost communities that washed away during hurricane helene are now responsible for major detours and delays. Hurricane helene and its resulting destruction damaged roads and bridges in more than 6,900 sites, according to a state.

Portions of interstate 40 in the state’s easternmost communities that washed away during hurricane helene are now responsible for major detours and delays. Over 2,000 feet of soil nail wall was installed to stabilize the road. Motorists traveling between east tennessee and north carolina are facing significant detours after sections of interstate 40 were washed out by catastrophic flooding from.