Georgia Department of Transportation contractors will close the I-285 westbound exit ramp onto Flat Shoals Road all weekend.

GDOT said the contractors will be placing asphalt and grading, weather permitting, from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday. 
Motorists traveling to Flat Shoals Road (exit 48) will be directed to take I-285 westbound to Bouldercrest Road (exit 51). That will detour traffic back onto I-285 eastbound to exit onto Flat Shoals Road.

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