2 rock slides close U.S. 64 in Polk County
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CHATTANOOGA (AP) -- A second rock slide has closed U.S. 64 in East Tennessee in both directions, and a state transportation spokeswoman says it could be three weeks before the scenic highway along the Ocoee River reopens.
The first slide happened about 6 a.m. Tuesday at mile marker 17 near Ducktown.
The second rock slide about seven hours later, caught on a video shot by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, has further complicated the cleanup.
Click here to watch the video by the Times.
Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman Julie Oaks said Wednesday that geologists are helping determine how much work must be done to reopen the road.
She said the department will use an emergency contract to remove an estimated 1,400 dump-truck loads of rock and dirt.
Traffic is being rerouted in the meantime.
Click here for a map of the detour around the rock slide.
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