(ASHEVILLE) -- Another rock slide is impacting Interstate 40 in western North Carolina.  I-40 West in Haywood County is totally shutdown and could remain closed for a few weeks.

The rock slide occurred overnight Tuesday morning.  Crews managed to clear the debris from I-40 but geologists inspecting the area voiced concern about the stability of another big rock.  The North Carolina Department of Transportation confirmed in a release that I-40 west in Haywood County could remain closed for a few weeks.

The closure is near mile marker 20, west of asheville.

The rock slide is just across the state line in Tennessee near Exit 451. I-40 West is closed near US 276, Exit 20, west of Asheville, in Haywood County.

The DOT advised traffic traveling west to Tennessee should take I-40 West to I-240 West (Exit 53b) in Asheville, to I-26 West (Exit 4a).  Follow I-26 West from Asheville to I-81 South (Exit 8a) in Tennessee, back to I-40.

A rock slide that occurred in October 2009 kept I-40 in Haywood County closed for months.