ATLANTA — A full closure of Interstate 285 is complicating travel in the area. But the Georgia Department of Transportation says the pain is for a good cause.
GDOT warned earlier in the week about the closure of I-285 in southwest Atlanta this weekend between Exit 7 (Cascade Road) and Exit 9 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), both northbound and southbound.
Weather permitting, the closure is scheduled to continue until 5 a.m. Monday.
To detour southbound, take Interstate 20 east to the downtown connector, and then Langford Parkway back to I-285.
The northbound detour would divert onto Langford Parkway to the downtown connector, then I-20 west back to I-285.
Last weekend, a full closure took place further north on I-285, from Paces Ferry Road to South Atlanta Road.
GDOT said the closures will allow crews to repair and replace sections of concrete on the interstate as part of the Westside Rebuild Project.
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