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See all the spots in Cobb where icy roads have been recently reported

Cobb road crews dealt with 50 black ice reports overnight into Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018.

Credit: Cobb County Government

Credit: Cobb County Government

Cobb road crews dealt with 50 black ice reports overnight into Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018.
By Ben Brasch
Jan 18, 2018

Cobb County crews have been at it since Tuesday night trying to make the roads safe as 1½ inches of snow hit some parts of the county.

They have laid down hundreds of tons of salt and more than a thousand tons of gravel.

READ | East Cobb woman says video shows 4 coyotes roaming her snowy backyard

The county provided a map of the nearly 65 spots where road workers have either tried to clear or successfully eliminated ice from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 2 p.m. Thursday.

The map below doesn’t include all of the slick spots handled by city crews, but you can get a sense of what the county has been facing.

For the latest on weather in Cobb on Thursday, check here.

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Marietta superintendent Grant Rivera posted on Facebook about snow days. Thursday will be the sixth missed school day because of weather. Rivera noted Marietta City Schools get four discretionary days. He said he will make a decision about making up school in the future. He said he is thinking about making up time in a way that has the least negative impact on families and staff.

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