Georgia DOT issues lane closure advisory on I-285/I-20 East Interchange Project

What: Weather permitting, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) construction partners will temporarily close interstate lanes at the locations below for the I-285/I-20 East Interchange project. The project will reconstruct the interstate system-to-system ramps at the I-285/I-20 East Interchange and add a combination of collector-distributor (CD), or connecting lanes, and auxiliary lanes along I-20 east of the interchange and I-285 north of the interchange.

Where/When: Traffic impacts on the I-285/I-20 Interchange project from Friday, December 5, 2025, through Friday, December 12, 2025.

DAYTIME CLOSURES: 
Friday, December 5, through Friday, December 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

• I-20 Eastbound: Single, right- or left-lane and shoulder closure from Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5) to Panola Road (MM 71.3)

• I-20 Eastbound: Single, right- or left- lane and shoulder closure from Columbia Drive (MM 66.8) to Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5)

• I-20 Eastbound (connecting lanes or CD lanes): Single, right- or left-lane and shoulder closure from I-285 Interchange (MM 67.3) to Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5)

Friday, December 5, through Friday, December 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

• Hillandale Drive at DeKalb Medical Parkway: Flagging operation

Friday, December 5, through Friday, December 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

• Miller Road over I-20: Flagging operation

OVERNIGHT CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC PACING: 
Friday, December 5, through Friday, December 12, from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.

• I-20 Eastbound: Single to double, right- or left-lane and shoulder closure from Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5) to Panola Road (MM 71.3)

• I-20 Eastbound (connecting lanes or CD lanes): Single to double, right- or left-lane and shoulder closure from I-285 Interchange (MM 67.3) to Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5)
• I-20 Eastbound: Single to double, right- or left-lane and shoulder closure from Columbia Drive (MM 66.8) to Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5)
• I-20 Eastbound to I-285 Northbound single to double, right or left lane, left- and right-lane closure
• I-20 Eastbound: Single, right-lane closure on Wesley Chapel off-ramp
• I-20 Eastbound: Single to double, right- or left-lane closure from Panola Road (MM 71.3) to Fairington Road Overpass

Friday, December 5, through Friday, December 12, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

• I-285 Southbound: Single to double, left- or right-lane closure from interchange to Columbia Drive
• I-285 Southbound: Single to double, right-lane and shoulder closures from Glenwood to interchange

• I-285 Northbound: Single to double, left- or right-lanes and shoulder closure from Columbia to interchange
• I-285 Northbound: Single to double, left- or right-lanes and shoulder closure from interchange to Glenwood

Friday, December 5, through Friday, December 12, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

• I-20 Westbound: Single to double, left-lane closure from Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5) to Columbia Drive (MM 66.8)
• I-20 Westbound: Alternating, single, left- and right-lane and shoulder closure from Panola Road (MM 71.4) to Wesley Chapel Road (MM 68.5)
• I-20 Westbound: Single to double, right- or left-lane closure from Fairington Road Overpass to Panola Road (MM 71.3)