Photos: Watermelon truck makes for sticky Friday commute

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Photos: Watermelon truck makes for sticky Friday commute

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is caused traffic delays in the area.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is causing traffic delays in the area, according to the WSB Traffic Center.

Watermelons (June 12, 2015): You never know what's going to disrupt Atlanta's traffic. On this day, it was an overturned tractor-trailer spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. Here are a few other examples of bizarre disruptions to our commutes.

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A tractor-trailer overturned Friday morning in Clayton County, spilling thousands of pounds of watermelons onto the interstate. The crash happened on the I-75 northbound ramp to I-285 westbound shortly before 6 a.m. The “watermelon ramp” was re-opened within the hour. But the fruit is caused traffic delays in the area.

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