Once complete, a stretch of U.S. 401 will be expanded into a six‑lane, median‑divided highway.
Helene will cost the state about $5 billion in recovery for roads, bridges, and culverts; it will take about 5 years to fully recover, NCDOT says.
A man is facing charges in connection with a crash on Interstate 540 that left one person dead and two people injured.
Raleigh Police Department told ABC11 that upon arrival, officers found two cars off the roadway that had collided with trees and caught on fire.
One person died in a two-car crash on I-540, closing lanes for hours.
Right now, all traffic on I-40 in western North Carolina is traveling on two lanes after the other two lanes were washed out by flooding.