RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State officials say tourists can still make their color-watching trips, despite a rock slide that has blocked Interstate 40 in western North Carolina.
The Commerce Department says as the fall colors begin to peak, mountain towns are still accessible from I-40 for visitors hoping to look at the changing leaves.
Lynn Minges with the Commerce Department recommends that travelers heading to Tennessee take the new I-26 through Madison County to see fall colors.
Transportation Department officials say it could take three months to clear the I-40 rock slide, which occurred Sunday near the Tennessee-North Carolina border.
The Commerce Department says as the fall colors begin to peak, mountain towns are still accessible from I-40 for visitors hoping to look at the changing leaves.
Lynn Minges with the Commerce Department recommends that travelers heading to Tennessee take the new I-26 through Madison County to see fall colors.
Transportation Department officials say it could take three months to clear the I-40 rock slide, which occurred Sunday near the Tennessee-North Carolina border.
