Nine Atlanta interchanges are among the worst in the country for truckers hauling freight, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual list of the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America. Two local interchanges are in the top 5 of 100, according to the survey.
“Using truck GPS data from over 1 million freight trucks, ATRI develops and monitors a series of key performance measures on the nation’s freight transportation system,” the organization states. “Among its many GPS analyses, ATRI converts its truck GPS dataset into an ongoing truck bottleneck analysis that is used to quantify the impact of traffic congestion on truck-borne freight at over 300 specific locations.”
Coming in at No. 4 in the country is Atlanta’s own Spaghetti Junction: I-285 at I-85, the route needed when heading north into Gwinnett County. No. 5 is I-20 at I-285 on the west side of town, according to the results.
Seven other interchanges and corridors also cracked the top 100 list. Those are:
13: I-75 through McDonough
14: I-285 at SR 400
17: I-20 at I-285 (east)
18: I-75 at I-285
35: I-20 at I-75/I-85
57: I-75 at I-675
60: I-75 at I-85
But it could always be worse, Atlanta drivers. Three interchanges in other states took the top 3 spots in the study’s findings. Those include junctions in New Jersey, Illinois and Texas.
The state of Texas led all others with 13 interchanges making the list. Georgia took second-place honors for having nine of the worst bottlenecks, followed by Tennessee with seven.
American Dream for Rent: An AJC Investigation
Large investment firms are pushing homeownership out of reach for many first-time buyers, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation has found. Single-family houses have been snatched up in the thousands by private equity firms and publicly traded companies, converted into rental properties and bundled into complex investment vehicles.
READ THE SERIES
American Dream For Rent: Investors elbow out individual home buyers. Metro Atlanta is ground zero for corporate purchases, locking families into renting.
Investors zero in on Black neighborhoods. Buy-to-rent push puts home ownership further out of reach in metro Atlanta.
Why corporate purchases took off. Crisis opened door to corporate buying spree
Investors slam tenants with fees, evictions: Private equity makes big push into metro Atlanta’s single-family homes
Investor homes spark neighborhood tensions: Suburban Atlanta home owners clash with firms buying, building single-home rentals
Capitol nixes oversight amid housing crunch: State legislature blames local government, not investors, for rising prices
PODCAST
Politically Georgia podcast: Inside the American Dream for Rent investigation
MORE COVERAGE
Feb. 28, 2023: Georgia lawmakers advance tenant rights bill
March 2, 2023: Georgia House panel OKs bill to limit local housing moratoriums
March 14, 2023: Cash buyers made up more than half of metro Atlanta home sales in 2022
OPINION
Bill Torpy (Feb. 15, 2023): Big money helps create a dystopian class of permanent renters
