GDOT awards U.S. 41, I-75 contracts in Bartow

Seven miles of U.S. 41 in southern Bartow County, from the Cobb County line to Peachtree Street in Cartersville, will be repaved under a $3.2 million contract recently awarded by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Bartow Paving Co. Inc. won the contract to repave the four-lane divided highway. “The project should begin in the coming weeks, and work should be completed by the end of the year,” according to a GDOT announcement.

GDOT also announced an $887,422 contract award to TRP Construction Group LLC to upgrade the pavement markings on I-75 from the Cobb County line, across the southwest corner of Cherokee County, to Glade Road, Exit 278, on the Bartow County side of Acworth.