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GDOT summer road projects

The following are some of the Department’s other potentially “motorist impactful” construction jobs underway or beginning this summer, as well as the relevant Georgia DOT media contacts:

Metropolitan Atlanta:

  • Roadway improvements and (City of Atlanta) water and sewer line replacement on Northside Drive between Interstate 75 and Collier Road (beginning in July);
  • Construction of the new "Skip Spann Connector" overpass above I-75 in northwest Cobb County; and
  • Reconstruction of the Georgia 400 interchange at Northridge Road in Fulton.
  • Ongoing demolition of remaining Georgia 400 toll plaza structures and subsequent shifting of traffic into permanent lane configuration.
  • Replacement of Spring Street Viaduct in downtown Atlanta; to begin in September.

Northeast Georgia:

  • Intersection improvements at State Route  316 with both SR 20 & Collins Hill Road in Gwinnett County;
  • Widening of SR 347 from McEver Road  in Buford to State Route 211 in Braselton both east and west bound  in Hall County (2 projects);
  • State Route 20 widening projects in Gwinnett and Forsyth counties; and
  • Construction of a pedestrian tunnel on State Route 284/Clarks Bridge Road in Hall County (a detour of this route will be in place until July 26).
  • (NOTE:  The SR 347 widening and the SR 284 tunnel projects will impact traffic to and from Lake Lanier Islands.)

Northwest Georgia:

  • Reconstruction of I-75 interchanges at State Route 156/Redbud Road and at Union Grove Road in Gordon County and also at U.S. Highway 41 in Whitfield County;
  • Widening State Route 136 in Gordon;
  • Widening State Route 20 in Bartow County; and
  • Bridge rehabilitation on U.S. Highway 411 in Murray County (through July).

East Central Georgia:

  • Resurfacing Interstate 16 in Laurens and Treutlen counties;
  • I-20 bridge reconstruction in Newton County;
  • Widening Interstate 520 in Richmond County;
  • Widenings of Windsor Springs Road, Wrightsboro Road and State Route 56 in Richmond;
  • Widenings of State Route 232/Columbia Road and Old Petersburg Road/Old Evans Road in Columbia County;
  • Bridge replacements on State Route 47 and State Route 232 in Columbia; and
  • Fall Line Freeway construction in Washington and Baldwin counties.

West Central Georgia:

  • I-75 restriping activities in Bibb, Crawford and Peach;
  • I-75 interchange reconstruction at Jodeco Road in Henry County;
  • Interstate 16 interchange reconstruction at State Route 96 in Jones County;
  • Pipeline work near Interstate 85 in Coweta County (through August); and
  • Intersection improvements at State Route 155 and Kellytown Road in Henry.

South & Southwest Georgia:

  • US Highway 84/State Route 38/West Hill Avenue  railroad overpass construction in Valdosta/Lowndes County;
  • Reconfiguration of State Route 3/Liberty Expressway interchange with North Jefferson Street in Dougherty County;
  • Widening of U.S. Highway 319/State Route 35 in Colquitt and Tift counties;
  • Widening of Carpenter Road in Tift;
  • Resurfacing U.S. Highway 41/State Route 7 in Tift;
  • I-75 at Brighton Road interchange reconstruction in Tift; and
  • Drainage improvements on State Route 39 in Seminole County.

Southeast Georgia:

  • Interstate 95 and State Route 99 interchange reconstruction in Glynn County;
  • Interchange construction at State Route 204/Abercorn Street and King George Boulevard in Chatham County; and
  • Resurfacing U.S. Highway 84/State Route 38 in Pierce County.