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Delays from 3 crashes on Downtown Connector clear

A crash on the Downtown Connector, one of three, was moved off to the side of the interstate Friday at 17th Street. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
A crash on the Downtown Connector, one of three, was moved off to the side of the interstate Friday at 17th Street. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
By Lauren Foreman
Nov 4, 2016

Three separate crashes slowed northbound traffic on the Downtown Connector Friday between 10th Street and the Brookwood merge early Friday morning.

Trip times were 30 minutes between Langford Parkway and 17th Street just before 7:15 a.m., according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.

The last of the three crash investigations was moved off to the side of the interstate just before 7 a.m.

But delays lasted until about 8:30 a.m.

» For updated traffic information, listen to News 95.5 and AM 750 WSB and follow @ajcwsbtraffic on Twitter.

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