VIDEO: Aerial views of I-40 damage in NC mountains (NCDOT)

That roadway was designed and built by imbeciles

Darn, I can’t visit Asheville now. Oh well.

River doing what rivers do!

This is crazy, how could they not predict this as a possible problem that could happen? Interstates being destroyed, access to ports being blocked by accidents / incidents and trains being compromised by unusual unexplained derailments along with weather related derailments and human/ employee caused derailments which often have blocked interstate highways . Are we going to rebuild these interstate highways to last 100 years or 6 months ? Wow, we are so screwed for the next few years . Stock up quick because prices are about to triple or more.

I've driven those areas in years past. It's beautiful, and peaceful. Shame.

Don't show this to toilet paper hoarders.

wheres biden/harris....ghosts

Angels don't play this harp.

Job security

Let's see how good our engineers are to reconstruct the highway for that won't happen again. Yes will be expensive but well money is more important. Hurricane created alot of jobs. Rebuild and come together. Lets make that money.

Wow. We can turn off those diesel engines. An improvement for the people of North Carolina.

My goodness, I-40 sustained some serious damage. Not sure how they are going to effect those repairs, with large portions of the roadway washed away and undercut by the water, but it will likely be a lengthy process. This will likely present a logistic nightmare for both local residents and commerce. Hopefully, in NC construction projects are not as besieged by corruption, cost over-rides, and lengthly delays, as they are in the North East and West Coast.

As a trucker. It’s going to be a long out of route trip to I-26 trying to get to SC. That’s going to be down for awhile

Insurance Companies: Ummmmm claim denied

Sometimes, Mother Nature has a way of making us rethink how we work and build!

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How does one repair these roads? Is there an engineer out there that can explain the how?

I believe the railroad track was beside the river that means no freight through here.

Any information on the Ingle Supermarket headquarters in Black Mountain?

Beautiful part of our country destroyed n never be replaced !!!

I’m currently looking for my friend Andrew Ebner! he also lives in Black Mountain and we haven’t heard anything since the hurricane! please help with any information if you can 🙏🏾💕

Right road realized in wrong location too late.

Sure are a lot of climate change deniers in the southern states;)

a nice and quiet place to live until nature strikes!

I'll bet our government can make this cost 7 times what it should.

This is why you don't build a major interstate right next to a major river. When this was built a long time ago lots of folks said to not build it there. They were right. Pigeon River Valley section of I-40 has had problems before.

More good engineering? Da! It’s never gonna flood that much . Build back better .come on man .

Sad to see, but we build things like this exactly where nature puts the water, the gorges didn't just show up one day.

Will be months, if not years, before that's fixed.

Bad time of the year for this to have happened as we are heading towards winter. Just makes the effort that much more difficult.

I've been whitewater rafting down that river

This entire stretch of highway needs to have an amazing flood control project built, similar to the one that was built in Cumberland Md in the late 1950. This is, I believe, the 4th time this road, a major National highway interstate 40, has been washed out since I've moved to this area 20 years ago. They just keep patching up the road with no real fix.

This has nothing to do with job security. Roads will always need to be fixed maybe it is time to invest in trains.

I-40 was built through that pass, notorious for unstable rock, due to political connections.

Don’t worry….Oprah and all her richie rich friends will buy up all the land for pennies on the dollar to flip for a profit….just like Maui.

Where does one start and how to repair this? Unbelievable hope no one was hurt in this!

soo crazy....

If only we had some idea of what could be happening with these increasingly severe weather events.... I'm stumped! We need a president not afraid to alter the course of storms with a sharpie!

Now how long is it going to be closed? I 85 and 81 are going to be getting even more traffic from the east coast

I wonder where the water flowed BEFORE the dams...

The hard part is having both horizontal interstates damaged at once. Makes rerouting very difficult.

Somebody call Mayor Pete! He will know what to do. Where is he anyway? He is the Secretary of Transportation, right?

Where’s the government help ?

Hurricane Helene Landslide Destroyed Our House in Boone NC. Insurance Denied. We Need Cleanup Help and Aid.

Why doesn't the news media tell everyone where all the FEMA money went? It's on credit cards and hotel rooms for illegal immigrants.

Correction, I didn't mean to save tooling I meant to say embankment thank you.

no sound im out

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Perhaps focus first on just fixing the Westbound side and direct traffic (one lane in each direction) just as TDOT is planning to do. After that is done; perhaps consider the long term project of the Eastbound side atop a raised corridor with bridge pylons into the riverbed itself? Or whichever geography is best suited to carry the load of pillars for a raised corridor. This also allows water and debris to flow under it and in the event a future landslide or rockslide event takes out the eastbound side; hopefully the raised corridor side will still be standing?