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Atlanta road work: Places to avoid this weekend

By Staff Writer
Feb 17, 2017

Cobb County interstates remain the place to avoid this weekend as the Georgia Department of Transportation continues work on area highways. Here’s a look at this weekend’s road work.

Cobb County

Traffic pacing will occur from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday on I-575 northbound from Ga. 92 to south of Ridgewalk Parkway.

One northbound lane will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday on I-575 from Ridgewalk Parkway to Sixes Road.

One southbound lane will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday on I-575 from Chastain Road to Big Shanty Road.

One southbound lane will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday on I-575 from south of Holly Street to Sixes Road.

The I-75 southbound entrance ramp to South Marietta Parkway will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday.

One eastbound lane will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday on I-285 from Paces Ferry Road to Mt. Wilkerson Parkway.

Three southbound lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday on I-75 from South Marietta Parkway to north of Delk Road.

Three westbound lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday on I-285 from Paces Ferry Road to Cobb Parkway.

A traffic shift will occur from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday on Terrell Mill Road from Water Place to Woodchase Lane.

One eastbound lane will be closed from 9 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday on I-285 from Cumberland Boulevard to Cobb Parkway.

Fulton County

One westbound lane will be closed from 8 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday on I-285 from Riverside Drive to Chamblee Dunwoody Road.

One northbound lane will be closed from 8 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday on Ga. 400 from Hammond Drive to Mount Vernon Highway.

Clayton County

Two northbound lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday on I-75 from Ga. 85 to U.S. 19.

Rockdale County

One eastbound lane will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday on I-20 from Stockbridge Highway to Almon Road.

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