Interstate 26 reopened to traffic between North Carolina and Tennessee on Wednesday, as contractors finished a temporary causeway over the Nolichucky River in eastern Tennessee.
I-26 has been closed at the state line since floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene washed out two bridge spans that carried the highway over the river on Sept. 27.
The storm also washed out sections of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge , severing the main highway link between the two states. The N.C. Department of Transportation has not set a timetable for reopening that stretch of I-40…