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Atlanta traffic: Weekend lane closings include I-75, I-285
Construction crew works on a diverging diamond interchange at the Pleasant Hill Road overpass along I-85 in Gwinnett County on Jan. 29, 2013. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Be prepared before you head out the door with the latest information on lane closings and roadwork around Atlanta this weekend.
I-285
- Three northbound and three southbound lanes will close from SR 10/ Memorial Drive to East Ponce de Leon/ Church Street nightly from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday for striping.
- On the southwest side, two southbound lanes will close from SR 280/ South Cobb Drive to SR 139/ Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and two northbound lanes will close from the I-85 interchange to Bolton Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday.
- Three lanes will close northbound and southbound at Atlanta Road and one eastbound and one westbound lane will close on Atlanta Road nightly from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday.
- Two eastbound lanes will close on I-285 at Flat Shoals Road from 9 p.m., Saturday until 5 a.m., Monday for paving and bridge work.
- Work on the Express Lanes project will require a pacing operation on the eastbound collector-distributer lanes from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Sunday.
- The Express Lanes will also require part of the ramp from I-75 southbound to I-285 to close from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Sunday.
I-20
- Three westbound lanes will close from Lee Street to Langhorn Street and two eastbound lanes will close from Langhorn Street to Windsor Street from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday.
- Two eastbound lanes will close from Alcovy Road to SR 12/US 278 and the ramp from SR 12/US 278 to I-20 will close continuously from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday.
I-85
- Two northbound and southbound lanes will close from SR 139/ Riverdale Road to Cleveland Avenue nightly from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday for striping.
I-75
- Two southbound lanes and one northbound lane will close at the SR 5/I-575 interchange from 8 p.m., Sunday until 5 a.m., Monday.
- The Express Lanes project will require one lane closure on the ramp to I-285 eastbound from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Sunday.
- On I-575, the Express Lanes project will require two northbound and two southbound lane closures at Chastain Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 12 p.m., Saturday.
- The Express Lanes will also require part of the ramp from I-75 southbound to I-285 to close from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Sunday.
State routes, highways and surface streets
- One southbound lane will close from the MARTA North Springs Station to Abernathy Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 12 p.m., Saturday.
- Various lanes will close on Northridge Road over Georgia (State Route) 400 from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday.
- All northbound and southbound lanes will close on SR 14/ SR 139/ Roosevelt Highway from Princeton Avenue to Gateway Boulevard from 12 p.m., until 3 p.m., Saturday for a parade; and finally
- On SR 154/ Memorial Drive, one lane will close between Moreland Avenue and Wilkinson Drive and one lane will close on SR 154/ Memorial Drive between East Lake Drive and Candler Road both closures are from 9 a.m., until 3 p.m., Saturday.
