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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$1,034,437,050

Department of Transportation·Federal Highway Administration

to TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT

WORK BEGAN·LATEST ACTION2026-06-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_693JJ22540000ER05NCER24381_069
Award description

PROJECT TITLE: CM/GC - 2024 HURRICANE HELENE - PERMANENT REPAIRS TO I-40 IN HAYWOOD COUNTY :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION OF I-40 THROUGH PIGEON RIVER GORGE FROM THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE (MILEMARKER 0.0) TO TOM HALL BRANCH (MILEMARKER 5.0) WHICH IS EAST OF THE I-40 DOUBLE CONCRETE ARCH TUNNELS. SEE STATE REMARKS FOR EARLY WORK PACKAGE DETAILS AND SCOPE. ADD EARLY WORK PACKAGE (EWP)#1 (2/19/2025).

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In plain English

Permanent repairs to Interstate 40 through Pigeon River Gorge in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene damage.

Sub-sectors
highway-reconstructiondisaster-recoveryfhwa-grant
Why this matters

Critical infrastructure restoration on a major east-west corridor; early work package began February 2025 with completion scheduled for October 2034.

Supply-chain signal

Sustained demand for concrete, steel, heavy equipment, and construction labor over eight-year reconstruction period in Appalachian region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.002876.

Period of performance
Start
End
2034-10-01
Status
activein 3035 days
Sources

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