GDOT Announces More Lane Closures This Week on I-85

If you’re headed to the metro Atlanta area this week, expect more lane closures as you get closer to the city.

G-DOT is reporting construction activity for the I-85 Widening project will require lane closures this week along the corridor in Gwinnett, Barrow, and Jackson counties.

Bridge construction operations at the Flowery Branch Road overpass will necessitate double-lane closures along I-85 in both directions between SR 211 in Barrow County and Spout Springs Road in Gwinnett County.

A single-lane closure will be in place from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., with a double-lane closure being in place from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Thursday night. On Friday night a single-lane closure will be in place from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., with a double-lane closure in place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Bridge construction operations at the Jesse Cronic Road overpass will necessitate single-lane closures along I-85 in both directions between SR 211 and SR 53 in Jackson County through Friday night. Work will take place from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights, and from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Friday night.

Traffic pacing operations will occur nightly through Friday night in both directions between Hamilton Mill Road in Gwinnett County a SR 211 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Drivers are advised to obey posted speed limits and traffic control measures inside the project limits.