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Gwinnett County traffic: Where are the biggest jams happening right now?

ajc.com
March 17, 2016

We've got you covered, Gwinnett County commuters.

The Atlanta Regional Commission has compiled real-time traffic data from INRIX, which uses data from GPS devices and individual drivers to show where bottlenecks are forming in the county. The data listed below shows the biggest traffic issues happening right now.

*As of 3:30 p.m.,  I-85 North at Jimmy Carter Boulevard was backed up for about 3.5 miles. 

*Ga. 124 South at Main Street had a bottleneck of 2.91 miles.

Several other locations were experiencing bottlenecks of more than one mile:

*Ga. 141 South at Spalding Drive -- 1.05 miles

*Ga. 140 North at Spalding Drive -- 1.62 miles

*Ga. 20 North at US 278-- 1.57 Miles

*U.S. 20 West at James Burgess road -- 1.48 miles

*Ga. 140 North at Britt Road -- 1.23 miles

*US 78 East at Conyers Road -- 1.22 miles

*Ga. 140 North at Oakbrook Parkway -- 1.14 miles

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