More than 10 sites in a 4-mile stretch collapsed in the mountainous Pigeon River Gorge during the Sept. 27 Hurricane Helene floods. North Carolina Department of Transportation officials said the ...

A gauge on the Pigeon River just below the power plant at Waterville, located along the I-40 corridor, jumped from its normal ...

The reopening of a section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene has been delayed ...

A measure providing more than $41 million in flood mitigation funds along the Pigeon River in Canton is on its way to ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation had planned to reopen the highway to two-way traffic the first week of January.

Record flood crests were measured in multiple other locations in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, including the ...

A measure providing more than $41 million in flood mitigation funds along the Pigeon River in Canton is on its way to President Biden's desk for approval. This is an amount over and above the federal ...

and flood resilience along the road,” said Ron Sutherland, chief scientist for coalition partner Wildlands Network. The 28-mile stretch of I-40 that passes through the Pigeon River Gorge bisects ...

The primary road connection between North Carolina and eastern Tennessee was severed in late September as flooding in the Pigeon River gorge washed away over 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) of I-40's ...

Flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene ... including an estimated $1 billion to fully reopen I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge. Richard Stradling covers transportation for The News ...

More than 10 sites in a 4-mile stretch collapsed in the mountainous Pigeon River Gorge during the Sept. 27 Hurricane Helene floods. North Carolina Department of Transportation officials said the ...