WAYNESVILLE — North Carolina Department of Transportation officials say a new rockslide in the closed section of Interstate 40 brought down 50 dump-truck-loads worth of rock.
The rockslide took place sometime overnight Friday about 20 miles west of Asheville and about four miles east of the previous slide Oct. 25, which caused the highway section to be closed.
No one was injured. The new slide brought down about 500 cubic yards of rock and covers a 40-by-50 foot area. The largest rock is about size of a sport utility vehicle.
The agency said a construction supervisor for the contractor working to reopen the interstate discovered it about 1 a.m. Saturday.
Agency officials estimate cleanup will take several weeks. They still project the interstate to fully reopen in March.
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