Rockslide Shuts Down Interstate 40 Near TN/NC Border

If you usually get to North Carolina or the Asheville area via Interstate 40, you'll need to find another route.

Our sister ABC station in Asheville, WLOS-TV, is reporting that there's been a rockslide in western North Carolina near the state border with Tennessee. 

It's located at approximately Mile Marker 3 in Haywood County, and extends over both lanes of Interstate 40.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol tells WLOS that the slide could close the Interstate in that area for weeks.

For drivers in the Tennessee Valley, the fastest way to get around the wreck is to take Interstate 75 at Exit 20 will take you to Highway 64 through the Cherokee National Forest, on into North Carolina.  From there, take Highway 74, to Interstate 40.