Any hope engineers had that Interstate 40 could reopen soon with one lane in each direction washed away this week as another large chunk of asphalt collapsed at the Tennessee-North Carolina border.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced that the section of US 421 between Mountain City and the Tennessee-North Carolina line reopened Wednesday afternoon.
BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Tennessee hosts North Carolina Central after Talaysia Cooper scored 23 points in Tennessee’s 78-68 victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Volunteers are 6-0 on their home court.