CLEAR SAILING ON I-40 ... FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE WAY. AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR 38 HOURS, EASTBOUND I-40 IS NOW OPEN, BUT ONLY TO AMARILLO, TEXAS. IT ALLOWS BUILT-UP TRAFFIC TO PROCEED EAST. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SECRETARY GORDON EDEN TELLS 770 KKOB THE HIGHWAY IS IN GREAT SHAPE THROUGH TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE, BUT BY THE TIME YOU REACH VEGA, TEXAS, THE ROAD IS ICY AND SNOWPACKED. HE SAYS DRIVERS NEED TO KEEP THEIR SPEED AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. FROM VEGA TO AMARILLO, THE ROADS ARE STILL VERY ICY.

 

ONCE YOU GET TO AMARILLO, EDEN SAYS TEXAS AUTHORITIES ARE DIVERTING TRAFFIC SOUTH TOWARD DALLAS AS THE INTERSTATE IS IN BAD SHAPE FROM AMARILLO TO SAYRE, OKLAHOMA.