Summer Construction
Roadworks 2012...Coming to a Route Near You
This is a program of repaving and maintenance projects along major interstates and state routes around metro Atlanta and throughout the state. These projects are designed to give Georgia and its citizens an advantage in preserving one of our most valuable assets – our transportation system.
Metro Atlanta Projects
Georgia DOT is taking advantage of a warmer than normal winter to work on several important projects to improve motorists’ mobility in metro Atlanta. There are several major projects already underway or about to begin.
| Project |
Description |
|
I-285/Roswell Road Interchange |
Work valued at $3.7 million has begun on widening the Roswell Road/State Route 9 bridge across I-285 to enhance movement. Completion is scheduled for October. |
| I-75/Jonesboro Road/Lee Street Interchange (Clayton County) |
A $46.4 million project on Jonesboro Road/SR54 and Lee Street bridges across I-75 in Morrow to improve mobility for the heavy retail traffic in this busy commercial and shopping district. |
| I-20 (Eastside) Collector Distributor (CD) Lanes |
A $31 million project to add 4.5 miles of new eastbound CD lanes between the I-285 and Panola Road interchanges in Dekalb County. It is due to be finished in mid-2013. |
| I-285/Ashford Dunwoody Road Interchange |
This interchange is being reconfigured into Georgia’s first “diverging diamond” interchange – a $4.6 million job that will move traffic crossing the bridge. Work should be completed by September. |
| Georgia 400 “Flex” Lanes |
On the five miles between Holcomb Bridge Road and the North Springs MARTA station, motorists will be able to utilize the outside shoulders as a travel lane during respective rush hours. The lanes will be open to all vehicles during specified hours to be determined soon. |
| Georgia 400 “Auxiliary” Lanes |
The 9 miles of southbound lanes from McFarland Parkway in Forsyth County to Holcomb Bridge in Fulton, will be converted to a full-time, through lane. |
| I-75 “Auxiliary” Lane (Henry County) |
I-75 between I-675 and Eagles Landing Parkway/Hudson Bridge Road is getting a new, $7.5 million northbound auxiliary lane. The project, to be completed in 2013, also will reconstruct the Walt Stephens Road overpass. |
| I-85/GA 400 Interchange |
A $21.5 million project to add ramps that will allow southbound GA 400 and I-85 traffic to access northbound 85 and northbound 400, respectively. The work will continue through 2013. |
| Mitchell Street Bridge Replacement |
The $8.8 million job in downtown Atlanta a good chance of being completed ahead of schedule this summer. |
| I-75/Jodeco Road Interchange |
A $15.7 million contract is pending to rebuild this Henry County interchange; widening Jodeco and its I-75 ramps. If awarded, work could begin in March. |