"The Gorge" closed by rockslide - again!
#1
10-26-2009, 01:54 AM
"The Gorge" closed by rockslide - again!
Well, here we go again! This will screw up my daily run for awhile.
 issedoff:Rockslide closes both directions of Interstate 40 | Charlotte News, Weather, Sports | WCNC.com | Local News Anybody wish they were a certain John Christner driver?  WCNC.com | Slide Show (there are other pictures. click just above the pic.)
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#2
10-26-2009, 02:37 AM
Good grief! That is nuts! It's gonna be several months of cleaning up, before it can be re-opened? :hellno: Wow. I bet that detour is a wonderful drive.
#3
10-26-2009, 03:11 AM
The detour, IIRC, adds about 70 miles to the trip. VERY steep hills to climb on I-26 from Johnson City to Asheville. I think it added an hour and a half to my run last time I did it. [Just checked my old logbook. It was 60 extra miles and about ONE hour more.] Oh well..... I've been getting frustrated by the slow and rookie drivers going through there lately. Lucky I haven't gotten a ticket yet for passing them! At least I finally get some variety! :smokin:
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#4
10-26-2009, 03:19 AM
I can just imagine the hills, and curves. I've never been over to that part of the country, but I don't reckon it's flat.
#5
10-26-2009, 03:47 AM
IIRC, at the top of the biggest hill, right at the VA/NC border, the sign says you are crossing the Eastern Continental Divide. From there it's quite a downhill run.... with a cop just over the hill by the sign that says "Welcome to North Carolina." :eek2::lol2:
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#6
10-26-2009, 04:55 AM
depends on where you are headed. If 40 is closed down I usualy could take I-77 to I-81 back to 40. from charolate I'd take us 74 to I 26 to I-81 to 40 but I rarely made any stops in that part of NC
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Last edited by geeshock; 10-26-2009 at 04:56 AM. Reason: put I-80 instead of I 81 that would be a little out of the way ;)
#7
10-26-2009, 04:59 AM
Not a rookie but since I don't usualy pass 50 mph through there I might have been one, oh well, to each thier own.
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#10
10-26-2009, 08:48 AM
c'mon man, where's your sense of adventure? while going through it, you can scream, "FOR THE ALLIANCE!" to your heart's desire. while going through a tight, blind curve, you can shout it at the 4 wheelers that are stopped.
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