ASHEVILLE — Backups could slow travel on interstates around Asheville as football fans and befuddled tourists cope with the closure of Interstate 40 near Tennessee.
Traffic for the University of Tennessee-South Carolina football game in Knoxville combined with leaf-season tourists on highways already crowded because of the I-40 rock slide could make for congestion.
“There will be people traveling through who are not familiar with which way to go,” said Trooper Gene Williamson of the N.C. Highway Patrol. “What we would urge everyone to do is try to avoid the interstate and go some other routes.
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Orangeblood13 writes:
lol keep them chickens out!
volfaninutah writes:
please tell them to all turn around, the beat down was over in the first quarter, they didn't miss much. But do tell them to stop at the 7-11 in Spartanburg and say hi to all the old Gamecock alumni working the late shift!
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