A stretch of Interstate 40 connecting North Carolina and Tennessee has reopened more than five months after damage from Hurricane Helene forced its closure.

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Sections of interstate 40 in North Carolina, hit by Hurricane Helene, will reopen this weekend. (Photo: NCDOT) Full eastbound and westbound passage on Interstate 40 straddling the North Carolina-Tennessee border,

Five months after Hurricane Helene severed a critical Appalachian freight corridor, a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 40 through North Carolina’s Pigeon River Gorge reopened Saturday.

A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding collapsed portions of the road

A portion of I-40 was destroyed by Helene's torrential rainfall on Sept. 28. The road is reopening, but like much of western North Carolina it's from anything resembling normal.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation said a four-mile stretch of Interstate 40 on the North Carolina/Tennessee border will reopen Saturday, albeit at a slower speed with just one lane in each direction.

A major benchmark has been achieved amid Hurricane Helene's recovery efforts as parts of Interstate 40 prepare to open this weekend in western North Carolina.

How did the Wednesday storm impact central North Carolina? CBS 17 crews across the viewing area caught the following glimpses of damages from private homes to public highways. Flooding could be seen on Interstate 40 in Johnston County near Exit 319 towards Wilmington.

A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene's historic flooding collapsed portions of

A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding collapsed portions of the road.

Two-lane traffic in both directions of Interstate 40 at the Pigeon River collapse site in North Carolina is expected to begin flowing this weekend, according to