The Atlanta Police Department on Friday morning announced the indefinite closure of a number of streets after a portion of I-85 collapsed near Piedmont Road on Thursday.
The following closures are in place:
- Northbound Piedmont Road at Lambert Drive
- Southbound Piedmont at Buford Connector. All vehicles must turn onto Buford Connector to get to I-85 SB
- Access to I-85 North off of Piedmont Circle
- Lenox Road at Ga. 400 SB
- Intersection of Lambert Drive and Manchester Street
- There is no access from Sidney Marcus onto Buford Highway;
Also, southbound traffic on Buford Highway must turn onto Sidney Marcus Boulevard, and West Peachtree can only continue onto Peachtree Road and cannot access Buford Connector NB.
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“Motorists need to drive carefully, slow down and pay attention to traffic signals and also officers directing traffic,” the police department said in a statement.
The agency will continue to monitor traffic and move officers to impacted intersections to keep traffic moving.
The plan is fluid as police discover what routes drivers are taking.
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