Downtown Connector will see rolling lane closures all weekend

The Downtown Connector, I-20, I-285 and I-75 will see several lane closures this weekend as the result of road construction, according to the Georgia DOT. The connector will also see rolling closures through Monday morning.

Downtown Connector

• Northbound and southbound, rolling lane closures will take place between 10th, 14th and 17th Streets and University Avenue nightly from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday to install raised pavement markers.

I-75

• One lane and the off-ramps will close southbound at SR 120 Loop/North Marietta Parkway from 9 p.m. Friday, to 12 p.m. Saturday and 9 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday for work on the Express Lanes Project.
• Work on the South Metro Express Lanes will require two lane closures southbound and northbound between Stockbridge Road and McDonough Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
• One northbound lane will close between Ga. 120 Loop/South Marietta Parkway and Canton Road Connector from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
• Two lanes will close southbound between Ga. 138 and the I-675 interchange from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.
• Part of the exit ramp and gore will close northbound at the exit of Spring Street from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday to replace a crash attenuator (a structure alongside the highway that is designed to absorb the impact of a wayward vehicle.)
• Work on the South Metro Express Lanes project will require one lane closure southbound between McDonough Road and Ga. 20/Ga. 81 from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday for paving and guardrail repairs.

I-85

• Crews will stripe the northbound and southbound on and off ramps between Cleveland Avenue and the I-285 interchange nightly from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. No ramps will close at any time.

I-20

• Two westbound lanes and the on and off ramps will close at Lee Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 12 p.m. Sunday.
• One lane will close westbound between Fairburn Road and Lee Road from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday for guardrail repairs.
• Two eastbound lanes will close between H.E. Holmes and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and two westbound lanes will close between Langhorn Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
• Two eastbound lanes will close between Almon Road and SR 12/US 278 continuously from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

I-285

• A rolling closure will require two southbound lanes to close between Camp Creek Parkway and Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
• Contractors will correct some striping on the Eastside Perimeter between the I-20 interchange and the I-85 interchange nightly from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. The work will not require any lane closures.
• On the Eastside Perimeter, the right shoulder will close southbound at the I-20 interchange from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
• Sign structure work will require two westbound lane and one eastbound lane closures between the I-85 interchange and Old National Highway from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

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