If you have ever traveled I-40 between Tennessee and North Carolina, you never forget that particularly harrowing bit of it across the mountains at the border.
Now, to make the journey even more unforgettable, a rock slide has closed lanes in both directions for up to three months.
Joel Setzer, a division engineer with the state Transportation Department, said the freeze and thaw of recent rains could have contributed to the slide. Setzer says geologists and geo-technical experts with the Transportation Department did a preliminary assessment and agreed with the engineers’ estimate of up to three months to clear the area. “An estimated 22,000 to 25,000 vehicles pass through this section of Interstate 40 daily, about half of which are commercial trucks,” Setzer said.
That's some 10 to 12 thousand truckloads of stuff that will have to take other, longer routes across the mountains. Every day.
That's a lot of stuff! And I keep noticing that retailers like WalMart have been cutting way back on inventory on the shelf. It will be interesting to see what actually begins to arrive where and when.
oops...no one planned for this one.
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