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Knoxville rockslide cleared, roadway open

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By Associated Press
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KNOXVILLE, TN. (AP) - Contractors have cleared a rockslide that closed one lane of a route from Knoxville's airport into the downtown area. 

Tennessee Department of Transportation officials said in a statement that all northbound lanes on the Alcoa Highway had reopened by Friday evening. One lane of the highway had been closed since a rockslide on Jan. 15. 

The slide was near the U.S. Marine Corps Center and not far from the site of a major rockslide that occurred about month beforehand. 

Southbound traffic wasn't affected.

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