Two tips for the weekend: Plan your outdoor activities for Saturday and build in extra time if heading to I-285 along the Perimeter.
The weekend forecast includes a 70 percent chance of rain on Sunday.
The long-running sign work on I-285 will continue this weekend - weather permitting - closing lanes on stretches of the Perimeter.
Here’s how to avoid the delays that the Georgia Department of Transportation says are likely:
I-285 and I-20 hot spots
Eastside sign work will close two northbound lanes of I-285 from I-20 to Covington Highway from 7:30 p.m. Saturday until 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
On the southwest side of the Perimeter, sign work will require two northbound lanes closures between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Hollowell Parkway and one southbound lane closure from I-20 to Cascade Road through 5 a.m. Monday.
The last of the sign work will block two northbound and one southbound lane of I-285 between Old National Highway and Camp Creek Parkway throughout the weekend.
I-285: Two northbound lanes will be closed between Bolton Road and South Atlanta Road throughout the weekend for concrete rehabilitation.
I-20: Lanes will be closed all weekend from Joseph Lowery Boulevard to McDaniel Street for bridge joint repairs.
I-20 westbound: Two right lanes to be closed near the Downtown Connector all weekend while crews paint a MARTA bridge.
All of the road work is weather-permitting
Weekend to begin dry, end wet
Channel 2 meteorologist Brad Nitz said Saturday will be mostly cloudy and cool, with lows around 33, followed by afternoon highs around 45. There’s a 70 percent chance of rain Sunday, and the rain could begin as freezing rain before changing over to all rain as temperatures climb from morning lows around 34 toward afternoon highs of 43.
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