I-85 closed between North Carolina and Virginia

All northbound lanes of Interstate 85 were closed Wednesday morning between North Carolina and Virginia after a truck carrying a 10,000 gallon propane tank overturned.
Posted 3/9/2022, 3:18:00 PM Updated 3/9/2022, 6:42:05 PM

TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE

20'S. COMING UP.

>> JEFF OKUDAH ALIVE CENTER

FOLLOWING A MAJOR INTERSTATE

SHUT DOWN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

RIGHT NOW WE SHOW YOU ON THE

MAP EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS.

I-85 RIGHT AS IT CROSSES OVER

LAKE GASTON FROM THE NORTH

CAROLINA BORDER RIGHT THERE

ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NEXT

INTERCHANGE AFTER LATE GASTON,

THAT WHOLE STRETCH IN BOTH

DIRECTIONS OF I-85 THE SHUT

DOWN A 10,000 GALLON PROPANE

TANKER HAS FLIPPED OVER

SOMEWHERE IN THAT STRETCH RIGHT

THERE. AND THE SOUTH HILL,

VIRGINIA FIRE CHIEF SAYS IT

WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF

TIME THAT THIS AREA IS SHUT

DOWN. SO LET ME TELL YOU, RIGHT

BEFORE LAST EXIT THERE IN NORTH

CAROLINA. YOU CAN TAKE THIS

ROUTE. ONE UP HERE GOES OFF THE

MAP, BUT IT DOES COME BACK OVER

AND HOOK UP WITH 85 AHEAD OF

THAT. SO THAT'S YOUR TROUBLE

SPOT. HOW TO GET AROUND IT

RIGHT THERE. BUT IF YOU'RE

HEADED TO THAT AREA OR ANYBODY,

YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT SEVERAL

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