Nothing like working all day in a stressful job, getting in your car when the work is done and suddenly feeling your stress levels soar instead of fall because you're stuck in traffic. That's just no way to live a life, but for much of metro Atlanta, for the ominous "foreseeable future," that's going to be reality after the collapse of a section of Interstate 85 on Thursday.

For all the road warriors out there, you have my sympathies.

Also, Atlanta police officials have released a photograph of the man, possibly homeless, now believed to be the primary suspect in setting the fire beneath I-85 and cutting one of the metro region's most important travel arteries:

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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