A major stretch of I-40 is almost back open.

Right now there's no traffic flowing, but come Saturday a section near the North Carolina-Tennessee border will reopen.

While that's exciting news for people who live nearby, the interstate is not fully back to normal yet.

"I think a lot of people in DOT have never seen this level of damage along a primary interstate route ever in their careers it's historic for North Carolina and it's historic for the country," said Nathan Tanner, a North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) engineer.

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