![]() The Fiscal Year 2002 Transportation Appropriations Act included funding for a feasibility study for extending Interstate 85 west from Montgomery, Alabama to I-20/59 near Meridian, Mississippi. As a result, I-85 is no longer being pursued for extension west of Interstate 65. The long planned Interstate 85 Extension was incorporated into the Interstate 14 Corridor stretching across the Deep South west from Augusta, Georgia into Texas. Mathews crews reopened the northbound lanes of I-85 on May 12 the southbound lanes were reopened two days later. Standing to earn over $3 million in incentives, C.W. Mathews advanced progress on the repair work to 90 percent completion just 41 days after the collapse. However around the clock efforts from contractor C.W. Reopening of Interstate 85 to traffic was initially anticipated for June 15, 2017, then May 25. SR 13 parallels I-85 north to SR 400 and Sidney Marcus Boulevard, returning traffic to the Interstate 85 mainline via direct ramp ahead of Buford Highway.Ĭorrection – all lanes on #I85Rebuild are now open. 30 Northbound traffic was reopened on April 1 north from the I-75 split to Exit 86, where traffic shifted onto the adjacent Buford Spring Connector (SR 13). The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) indicated that the southbound span was compromised as well, requiring a full replacement. 29,31īEFORE AND AFTER: Road crews are busy working just a day after a raging fire collapsed part of I-85 in Atlanta: /LWALraU0Gbīoth directions of Interstate 85 were closed north from the Brookwood Interchange (split with I-75 / Downtown Connector) to Georgia State Route 400 (Exit 86). All three were believed to be homeless and witnessed at the site where the fire involving PVC products stored under the bridge started. ![]() Three arrests were made in connection to the fire, with the warrant for the main individual involved citing that “a chair set on top of a shopping cart” was set on fire. ![]() Fire damage compromised a 350 foot section of the northbound viaduct, leading to its collapse. ![]() on Mabelow an elevated stretch of Interstate 85 at Piedmont Road in northeast Atlanta. A multiple alarm fire broke out around 6:30 p.m. ![]()
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