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Road detours set in Bartow

By Mark Woolsey
Nov 17, 2014

A pair of Bartow County roads will see detours this coming weekend to accommodate a movie filming project.

Red Top Mountain Road between Ga. 293 and the U.S. 41 ramp will be shut down from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation. In addition, U.S. 41 between Red Top Mountain Road and old Ga. 293 will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Monday.

Traffic will detour onto Ga. 293 and city of Emerson police will guide drivers. GDOT officials say the shutdown is weather permitting and subject to change.

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