Major rockslide in I-40 gorge 3 mm NC

Crazynuff · Oct 25, 2009

Rockslide Shuts Down Interstate 40 Near TN/NC Border | rockslide, interstate, asheville - Local News - WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery

Screech · Oct 25, 2009

I think Major Rockslide was Fred Flinstone's leader in the army.

bobwg · Oct 25, 2009

I 40 will be closed for months at the Tenn/NC line according to the NC Dot

letzrockexpress · Oct 25, 2009

Screech said:
I think Major Rockslide was Fred Flinstone's leader in the army.

Screech, I hear you're really packin'...True?

Screech · Oct 25, 2009

letzrockexpress said:
Screech, I hear you're really packin'...True?

yea buddy, I need a CCW permit to leave the house.

piper1 · Oct 25, 2009

Raw video: Rock slide shuts down Interstate 40 :: WRAL.com

Actual video footage. pretty ugly.

The Enemy · Oct 25, 2009

Piper, thanks for the video feed. Two summers ago i was heading east thru the gorge coming up on the TN/NC line, past the line went into a sweeping left hand turn, coming out of that turn, there was a guy in the middle of the road, his pickup in the left lane directing traffic to slow down and take the right shoulder. As he was pointing towards the shoulder a boulder probably 3 foot in diameter fell off the mountain side, bounced off the concrete median and landed in the left lane. It was just a small rock slide. It was right after the state line, probably about the 2-3 mile marker.

moose · Oct 25, 2009

The state trooper said that there was no witness .
there for the truck hit it when it was all said & done .
driving too fast for road condition .
wonder if they will charge the trucker with a preventable accident.
i hope not .

looks like laundry day is delayed in the Carolina...

greg334 · Oct 25, 2009

A month for that?

Oh some one needs to get it together and get some of that stimulus money to get the road open in a week.

copdsux · Oct 25, 2009

Greg, why don't you fly down and show them how to clear up the slide in a week. Moving the debris will be the easy part. Stablizing the mountain is another thing that the DOT will
have to address. In addition to all of your other attributes, are you also a geologist and/or
an engineer?

Jefferson3000 · Oct 25, 2009

Wow. Just came through that gorge two Saturdays ago. Amazing. I guess those puny little fences they put up wouldn't hold back something like that!

aristotle · Oct 26, 2009

Those little wire fences and mesh wire contraptions probably aren't very effective. I suppose they are installed more for aesthetic value and a futile attempt to "do something." When a vertical rock wall, or cliff, decides to give way... gravity wins.

LeoZaphagg · Nov 4, 2009

Is I-40 opening soon?

OntarioVanMan · Nov 4, 2009

Was just talkin to a fella from the Statesville area..rumor has it will be next year now.....evry time they pull a part down there is another crack....

LeoZaphagg · Nov 4, 2009

Thanks Mr. Vanman I'm heading that way tonite detour time.

Pilgrim · Nov 4, 2009

The delay isn't a rumor - it's a fact. I-40 won't be cleared until probably Feb. 2010. I believe it was mentioned in an earlier thread, but the best alt. route is I-26 that connects through Asheville, NC and Erwin, TN to I-81.