Traffic will shift Monday, March 16 on Harbins Road at Ga. 316 near Dacula as interchange improvements continue. Message boards and flaggers will direct traffic as drivers shift onto the new detour alignment after the Monday evening rush hour. Drivers will continue on the new alignment until the shift to a permanent bridge in 2022.
“We recognize the impact our projects have on drivers and we appreciate their patience,” said Alan Chapman, the director of the Gwinnett Department of Transportation.
“We are very fortunate to have County SPLOST funds to improve traffic safety along S.R. 316,” he said. “The contractor is working hard to make up time lost to the recent rains.”
C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. began construction of the grade-separated interchange and bridge in fall 2019. The SPLOST funded construction is expected to be complete by early 2022.
The new five-lane bridge will include dual westbound left-turn lanes, a single eastbound turn lane and through lanes. The new interchange also will have full access ramps eastbound and westbound, as well as a collector-distributor road with direct access to Sugarloaf Parkway. The project also includes traffic signal upgrades, sidewalks, curb and gutter and retaining walls.
Information: Gwinnett County Department of Transportation at 770-822-7400.
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