40,000 pounds of metal spills onto Spaghetti Junction
A tractor-trailer overturned early Friday, spilling 40,000 pounds of rolled metal onto Spaghetti Junction and shutting down a ramp for more than an hour.
The crash occurred about 4 a.m. when the truck hit a concrete wall on the ramp from I-85 southbound to I-285 southbound, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.
DeKalb Co.: Overturned big rig blocks the ramp from I-85/sb to I-285/sb (inner loop). @AudreyWSBTV on scene. #ATLtraffic #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/SeaCSRUMHu
— Mark Arum (@MarkArum) January 13, 2017
“It’s a bad crash in a bad area but could be worse traffic-wise,” the Traffic Center’s Mark Arum said.
Delays were building, but there were still no sizable traffic backups.
The ramp from I-85 southbound to I-285 southbound reopened just before 6:09 a.m.
Confirmation from the sky: The ramp from I-85/sb to I-285/sb (inner loop) in DeKalb County is now open! #ATLtraffic #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/dvEPyQ6zK3
— Mark Arum (@MarkArum) January 13, 2017
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