Page 11 - Interstate 85 News Today

A 29-year-old Florida man was struck and killed Wednesday in the parking lot of a Blacksburg, South Carolina, travel center, the Cherokee County Coroner confirmed.

Relief is coming to one of the most congested interchanges in North Carolina: Interstate 485 at Interstate 85 in west Charlotte.

A police officer in Salisbury is getting national recognition for a daring rescue on Interstate 85 back in September.

Drivers in Cherokee County said they’re used to avoiding I-85 when they can. Now, due to construction around exit 90 heading northbound, South Carolina Highway Patrol has shut down exit 92 and created a detour. It's causing more traffic however, and nearby shoppers at the Gaffney Outlets are worried for the employees heading into work.

It happened just before midnight, CMPD says.

Multiple crashes shut down Interstate 85 in one direction Friday afternoon in Cabarrus County.

Police are investigating two different shootings in cars that happened just hours apart on Interstate 85 this week.

Interstate 85 south was shut down in Suwanee on Thursday morning after a Demorest man jumped off a bridge and was hit by a tractor trailer.

The Georgia Department of Transportation confirmed a crash on Interstate 85 just before Chamblee-Tucker Road that shut down all lanes of traffic Tuesday afternoon.

A five-car pileup has blocked two lanes on Interstate 85 southbound Friday afternoon in Greenville County.