Press Release for the I-285/I-20 West Interchange Project

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Fulton and Cobb Counties

WHAT: Weather permitting, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) contractors will temporarily close interstate lanes for the I-285/I-20 West Interchange project. This project will reconstruct and widen several interstate system-to-system ramps at the I-285/I-20 West Interchange and add a combination of collector-distributor lanes or connecting lanes, and auxiliary lanes along I-20 west and I-285 north of the interchange.

Lane Closure(s)

Roadway Activity Start Date End Date Times I-285 Northbound Cascade Road to Bolton Road Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Saturday, March 14 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly Cascade Road to Bolton Road Double, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Saturday, March 14 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly I-285 Southbound US 78/Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy to SR 139/MLK Jr. Drive Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Sunday, March 15 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly US 78/Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy to SR 139/MLK Jr. Drive Alternating, double, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure, and double, left-lane, and left-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Sunday, March 15 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly SR 280/South Cobb Drive to the I-20 Interchange Pacing operation, all lanes and shoulders Monday, March 9 Thursday, March 12 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Daily I-20 Westbound Anderson Avenue underpass to Riverside Parkway Single, left-lane, and left-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Saturday, March 14 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly SR 139/MLK Jr. Drive to the I-285 Interchange Pacing operation, all lanes and shoulders Monday, March 9 Thursday, March 12 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Daily SR 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard to Six Flags Parkway Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Sunday, March 15 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly SR 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard to Six Flags Parkway Double, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Sunday, March 15 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly SR 280/Hamilton E. Holmes Drive to the Linkwood Road overpass Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Saturday, March 14 Sunday, March 15 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Overnight I-20 Eastbound Six Flags Parkway to SR 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Sunday, March 15 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly Six Flags Parkway to SR 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard Double, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Saturday, March 14 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly Riverside Parkway to the I-285 Interchange Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Saturday, March 14 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly Other Locations Six Flags Parkway from Lee Industrial Boulevard to South Service Road Single right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Wednesday, March 11 9 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly SR 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard SB from Wendell Drive to Shirley Drive Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Saturday, March 14 8 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly SR 139/MLK Jr. Drive NB from Old Gordon Road to Adamsville Drive Single, right-lane, and right-shoulder closure Monday, March 9 Saturday, March 14 8 p.m. - 5 a.m. Nightly

DETOUR I-20 Eastbound to I-285 Northbound ramp closure Overnight closure and detour(Map) Motorists traveling on I-20 eastbound will exit onto I-285 southbound (Exit 51A), continue to SR 139/Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Exit 9), and enter I-285 northbound Friday, March 13 Saturday, March 14 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Overnight Overnight closure and detour (Map) Motorists traveling on I-20 eastbound will exit onto I-285 southbound (Exit 51A), continue to SR 139/Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Exit 9), and enter I-285 northbound Thursday, March 26 Saturday, March 28 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Nightly I-20 Westbound to I-285 Northbound ramp closure Overnight closure and detour (Map) Motorists traveling on I-20 westbound will continue to SR 70/Fulton Industrial Blvd (Exit 49), enter I-20 eastbound and follow signs onto I-285 northbound (Exit 51B). Friday, March 20 Sunday, March 22 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Nightly