Commuting Blog
Weather pending, the weekend will (again) be full of lane closures
June 4, 2012 - Dunwoody - Drivers had to navigate an array of cones and signs. Dunwoody police and observers were on hand to guide traffic, which moved smoothly through the new interchange. Georgia's first "diverging diamond" interchange was open for commute traffic Monday morning at I-285 and Ashford-Dunwoody Road. The interchanged opened Sunday afternoon, 12 hours ahead of schedule, just after 5 p.m.BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
Take a look at the complete list of this weekend’s planned roadwork and lane closures around metro Atlanta’s interstates, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.
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Cobb County
- Sign structure work will require one northbound and one southbound lane closure between Ga. 120 Loop/ South Marietta Parkway and Ga. 120 Loop/North Marietta Parkway from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday.
DeKalb County
- Sign structure work on I-285 will require two westbound lane closures between Ga. Highway 139/Riverdale Road and the I-85 interchange from 12 p.m. Saturday until 5 a.m. Monday;
- Sign structure work on I-285 will require one westbound lane closure at Ga. Highway 54/Jonesboro Road from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. Saturday.
Fulton County
- On I-20, two eastbound lanes will close between Ga. 139/ Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard from 10 p.m. Friday until 7 p.m. Sunday;
- One lane will close on Ga. 237/Piedmont Road at Habersham Road from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday;
- On I-20, one eastbound lane and the shoulder will close between Ga. 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard and the I-285 interchange from 9 p.m. Friday until 7 p.m. Sunday;
- The I-20 westbound ramp to Capitol Avenue will be closed for the 5th Annual "Hot Chocolate Atlanta 15K/5K" from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. Sunday;
- Work on the South Metro Express Lanes will require one northbound lane and shoulder closure on I-675 at Ga. 138/ Stockbridge Road continuously from 7 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday;
- On I-20, one eastbound lane and the shoulder will close between Ga. 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard and the I-285 interchange from 9 p.m. Friday until 7 p.m. Sunday.
