I-40 shoulder washed away in North Carolina in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene

[@thomasmcdaniel6264]

This Devastation will take years to get back to normal.. if it ever does.🙏😔

[@historyisthebestmyfans2094]

They will put a concrete bridge on the eastbound.

[@Winston820]

That stretch of I40 is scary on a good day, and terrifying on a rainy night.

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

I have oft thought that to myself having worked on the western parts of NC😮

[@lindaadelwerth8042]

@Winston820 You Got that Right!

[@GreenVinickey-z9x]

@@Winston820 it's also one of the best interstate stretches in the country.

[@Winston820]

@@GreenVinickey-z9x It’s beautiful but it definitely keeps you on your toes.

[@JudicialMermaid]

@@Winston820 I’m not from NC, but has that part of I40 always had a river flowing next to it? Or is this all new thanks to Helene? I’m concerned that these waters won’t recede & nature has forged a new path for her streams & rivers. Such a tragic situation!

[@andredya9867]

How long it will take to reopen I-40? As a truck driver I used to drive very often on I-40. This is going to be truck driver nightmare

[@babycarrotz32]

I wish you the best my friend

[@BruceLeigh-eu3wm]

Agree. Although not nearly as vital, it will also suck badly for car traffic. I love to go to Townsend, TN and have been through this area many times. I40 near the border made me very anxious before all this. Inevitably I would find myself between the divider wall and a big rig in a curve.

[@1PITIFULDUDE]

Not really. This has happened many times before.

[@Gabe4D]

former trucker in NC here. Probably gonna be going up or down 77 to go around, thru charlotte/greenville to georgia if going towards southern atates, and up 77 to 81 in virginia and then down to knoxville or into kentucky if you're going to nashville/midwest

[@Lemmon714_]

We run local to Knoxville each night and he has to take 77 to 81 for a long time. I will stick with my Myrtle Beach and back.

[@BruceLeigh-eu3wm]

Can you imagine being the first vehicle to come up on this? If nobody went into the water that is amazing.

[@jeffbrown3963]

It's going to be a long time before this reopens. What a mess.

[@DoopaVII]

@@jeffbrown3963 they're swarming Virginia.

[@MrTenkara]

The man made structure on the right is damaged from high speed water erosion while the Forest on the left is unharmed. Rivers need natural vegetation buffer zones to absorb the extra water from the increasingly high flows. If they just rebuild it like it was it will be washed down stream in a few years.

[@jeremygarner8995]

I don’t see this fixed any time soon!

[@cardboardcrawlersrc8805]

Thats a little more than the shoulder.

[@jojobaker1764]

Maybe this will Keep the Californians out of Ashland.

[@Dezeberbro]

They’re the reason the stores are running out of everything. They just grab grab without thinking of anyone else

[@Sanity_Faire]

🤣🤣🤣

[@francom6230]

I doubt it.. they keep coming here too

[@AnnetteRintelmann]

JUST PRAY FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS DEVISTATION INSTEAD OF REDERICK

[@beavismcdeavis142]

@@jojobaker1764 they have enough money to stay out until we rebuild everything so they can come back and block traffic cycling on our roads

[@karenweaver7574]

I am so heartbroken for this community. My late husband’s daughter was married there. The people are super friendly and kind. Stayed at the Biltmore one night. I had falling and broke a rib, my husband was on dialysis and not well. I had folks helping us left and right, will me in my 🙏.

[@sharonsciandra816]

We in Guilford county were so spared. The storm veered more west and saved us. Thank you Jesus....

[@awboat]

So jesus hated the people to the west then, right?

[@awboat]

So the people that got slammed to the west was because of jesus?

[@chrisclark1111]

@@awboat awwww....he/she/them/it mad

[@bwsmyhero]

@@awboat Her comment could certainly be taken that way, but I know what she means. Christians need to be careful in choosing their words so they will not give the wrong impression about God (or themselves) to nonbelievers. Let me put it this way: I’m a Christian and I wouldn’t have worded the comment that way.

[@ncwordman]

@@awboat Not right at all. You took the worst possible perspective, and took it literally: all to make fun of someone who is just grateful to have not suffered what other people suffered.

[@awboat]

wow that is worse than I thought it was. This going to take a very long time to repair.

[@susannell544]

Alit of People dont know it but Yellowstone's Roads got washed out like that a year ago or two. Steamboat was getting HOT! It Downpoured like Crazy!

[@55anglesearambler]

I'm from UK. Can anyone advise if Woodleaf is affected by the conditions?

[@ethanhall6011]

@@55anglesearambler if you’re talking about woodleaf NC, north of Charolette I’m pretty sure you’re fine, this part of 40 goes from Asheville to Tennessee so this closure doesn’t affect you if you’re coming from the east

[@Lemmon714_]

If you mean Woodleaf close to Salisbury, it is fine. I am 20 minutes from there. We got 2"-3" of rain.

[@rc123theycallme]

I just drove through that tunnel last week.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

How do they fix this? Fill in the lost soil and build again on top of that?? Yipes, this is massive damage. Nepal is having the same problems right now with flooding

[@charlielemmel311]

That's not just the shoulders that's half of the interstate

[@fusedcarlos6846]

Crazy nature will take what’s hers

[@Jeremy_the_unfallible_n-a]

An elevated road that runs right beside a river, sounds rather expected

[@bwsmyhero]

I live in Eastern North Carolina, but I love the mountains, so I am very sad to see the devastation and loss of life happening there. I think they’re concerned that their economy might suffer as well, because this time of year, leaf-spotting tourists usually go to mountain regions to see the fall colors. Tourists may be reluctant to go there because of the devastation and unsafe driving conditions. I pray for those affected by Helene.

[@littlegmod]

What a mess. 😢

[@chrisnest2650]

How do i volunteer how can i help?

[@CaptTeamwork]

Vote Trump 2024!!!

[@patty109109]

@@CaptTeamworkhe didn’t ask how to vote a felon into office. Pay attention!

[@mpoT3CHY]

highly doubt Trump knows what to do, he doesn’t even understand how wind works

[@babycarrotz32]

You have earned my respect, for what that's worth.

[@francom6230]

​@@mpoT3CHYwind energy is a joke son

[@edbouhl3100]

What, no trolls posting that this weather as usual?

[@francom6230]

when is weather been "normal"... read some history books 📚 😒

[@ncwordman]

@@francom6230 Just history? So I can read about the Civil War or Genghis Khan, and learn about the weather? Since the Earth's average temperature has risen 1 degree, there are no history books to show what that's like.

[@russell2910]

Maybe this is just what the people of Colorado need to encourage them to travel by boat more often. It's easier on the mountains. Uses less gas, and the fish seem to like it.

[@reinajalana]

@@russell2910 Colorado?

[@reinajalana]

Colorado?

[@rr7firefly]

And this is the new normal. It's only going to get worse every year.

[@Johnny_Appleseed_]

Don’t worry your tax dollars will pay for a new one

[@Peter_Morris]

So I guess that section of I-40 is closed for a few days.

[@CharlesGoad-du1dm]

Isn't that the same stretch of road that washed out before?

[@RonL-y3v]

That’s more than the shoulder if someone bothered to look, it the whole east bound lanes at one area.

[@osmadchlo]

That was a 4 lane highway! In places there, the whole 2 outside lanes fell off or were completely undermined. It was not the "shoulder". Get real, stop minimizing this! People are suffering!

[@pennybenton5607]

🙏🙏

[@paulrom446]

I know exactly where this is!😊

[@nateg08]

Good for you?

[@danivia2647]

@paulrom446 where is it cos it don't say in the description. Hell I- 40 covers alot here n nc.

[@jasonatreides2542]

Ok this is horrible but please make sure that you give ALL the money you CAN to ISRAEL! They are fighting on behalf of the United States right now! Give some money to North Carolina but there will not be a North Carolina if there is NO ISRAEL!!! Please don't forget that! KEEP ISRAEL IN YOUR PRAYERS!!

[@tylerfoss3346]

No worries, folks. Biden and Buttigieg are on this. They'll have things fixed in a jiffy.

[@vaughnmaurt5013]

Haha they are such a joke ….we’re screwed

[@sharonsciandra816]

@@tylerfoss3346 boy have you had the wool drawn over your eyes...

[@tylerfoss3346]

@@vaughnmaurt5013 yup. And since stuff like this isn't even covered on big MSM, they will give cover for these clowns (and Harris). Maybe Biden and Buttigieg will deny it's even happening (like they did in Palestine, PA).

[@tylerfoss3346]

@@sharonsciandra816 please don't misinterpret my sarcasm. Biden, Buttigieg and the rest of these Democrat incompetents can't manage anything correctly or efficiently.

[@windycityliz7711]

They would get this fixed in the same amount of time as any other administration.

[@Survivalist-of-war]

Its ok keep sending Israel billions we dont have our own problems.

[@Brick1978]

You meant to say Urkraine right? Israel is our only ally in the middle East

[@nateg08]

I think you misspelled Ukraine...

[@ncwordman]

We can walk and chew gum at the same time.

[@janicelaporte1]

Guessing our tax money has been going to repair roads and bridges.

[@Shadowcu123]

Nope they went overseas to Ukraine instead

[@Dqtube]

@@Shadowcu123 Spreading lies and hatred will not help the flood victims, but I understand that it is the only thing you can offer to society. So be proud of yourself for being that kind of person.

[@donwyoming1936]

​@@Shadowcu123How's the weather in Moscow, Tovarisch?

[@BlackMan614]

@@donwyoming1936 Ukie bot.

[@dknowles60]

@@Shadowcu123 YEA

[@CarmenSmith-f6j]

God's anger is showing we as humans thinking we as humans know everything and He is truly angry .He is showing humans , you think you are powerful ? "Watch what I can do."

[@donwyoming1936]

God does not exist. Why someone would worship an angry god is even more perplexing.

[@pearlsams7064]

Stop putting this on God. We have abused the earth. This is our result. No accountability for anything it is always God's fault.

[@intothemystic3374]

God doesnt control Nature. God is love.

[@babycarrotz32]

@@CarmenSmith-f6j Wow, truly the most merciful kind of God, that one.

[@CarmenSmith-f6j]

@@intothemystic3374 You are sadly mistaken. What did Moses use ? He used the bacteria in the water to turn the waters red. He used the wind to part the seas. He used frogs , grasshoppers to destroy crops and He used nature to produce diseases to destroy. It's humans who think they know everything , like you ! You and we know nothing but from what we have learned by people who think they know . When we are born God made us perfect but man changes that perfection into something He did not make. Not a mean God but wants humans to understand as humans we have ZERO CONTROL. Think about that know- it all 🤓

[@monk1776]

Which side has collapsed? East/ West bound ?

[@xiongfa2152]

I'm pretty sure that's the eastbound side...and the Pigeon Forge River. I could be wrong as it's been 12 years since I lived there but the shot of the double tunnel...the lower side is heading back to Asheville.

[@gunsmyth4533]

It' the Eastbound lanes that are damaged

[@lynnerhea302]

East bound.

[@francom6230]

​@@xiongfa2152Oh.. that stretch is treacherous on any day..

[@BrendaHall-f7y]

And the westbound lanes are exposed to rock slides.