HENDERSONVILLE – U.S. 64, connecting Hendersonville to Bat Cave, is set to reopen to outside traffic March 28.
The section of highway approaching Bat Cave was closed to all but locals after being severely damaged in Tropical Storm Helene in September 2024.
Crews from Blythe Construction have been grading, stabilizing slopes, building retaining walls and installing drainage in the months since, removing 20,000 cubic yards of debris and 4,000 cubic yards of dirt and putting in 57,000 tons of rock, according to a March 24 news release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation…