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A downtown road in Cobb will be closed for a month

The intersection of Main and Lemon streets will be a three-way stop until about mid-August 2018 due to an upgrade, Acworth police say.

Credit: Acworth Police Department

Credit: Acworth Police Department

The intersection of Main and Lemon streets will be a three-way stop until about mid-August 2018 due to an upgrade, Acworth police say.
By Ben Brasch
Aug 7, 2018

A main road in Acworth’s downtown is closed and will stay that way about a month, local police said.

Acworth police spokeswoman Cpl. Youlanda Leverette said the road was closed Monday.

It is shut down, she said, so crews can build a bridge over the train tracks on that stretch of road.

There has been other construction on Lemon, which connects to Cherokee Street and Southside Drive.

The police department posted a detour map on Facebook.

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