With portions of I-40 closed after Tropical Storm Helene, now is the time to improve upon the Safe Passage program.

With more than 26,500 vehicles moving through the Pigeon River Gorge daily, the toll on animals continues to worsen.

But this week, an additional chunk of asphalt fell from the eastbound lane of I-40 and into the Pigeon River Gorge. This damage has pushed the reopening date to an unknown time. The NCDOT ...

Crews hoped to open one lane in each direction in January. That's not possible now that new assessments must be made.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $352 million in "quick release" funding that will go toward repairing Interstate 40 and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

When the Safe Passage coalition started working in 2017 to make Interstate 40 a safer place for people and wildlife through the Pigeon River Gorge, nobody knew that, in a few short years, entire ...

Interstate 40 from Asheville west into Tennessee is a vital artery for commerce, leisure travel, emergency response and national defense.

The flooded Pigeon River washed away more than a mile of the eastbound lanes of I-40 in the gorge on Sept. 27, severing the main connection between North Carolina and Tennessee. Since then ...

When the Safe Passage coalition started working in 2017 to make Interstate 40 a safer place for people and wildlife through the Pigeon River Gorge, nobody knew that, in a few short years ...