Expect lane closures in DeKalb County for I-285/I-20 East Interchange reconstruction July 24-31

DEKALB COUNTY, GA—Weather permitting, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) construction partners will temporarily close interstate lanes at several  locations for the I-285/I-20 East Interchange Project. Work crews 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.

Motorists can expect traffic impacts on the I-285/I-20 Interchange from Friday, July 24, through Friday, July 31:

DAYTIME CLOSURES:  9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• 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: 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 Panola Road (MM 71.4) to Fairington Road (MM 72.8)   

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Miller Road Bridge over I-20: Flagging operation 

 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Chupp Way at Fairington Road: Flagging operation 

Overnight closures and traffic pacing, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.   

• 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 (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 Wesley Chapel Road (MM 69.5) to Panola Road (MM 71.3)  

• I-20 Eastbound to I-285 Northbound: Single, right- or left- lane closure

 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

• I-285 Southbound: Single to double, right- lane and shoulder closures from Glenwood Road (MM 44.5) to interchange (MM 45.5)
• I-285 Southbound: Single to double, left- or right- lane closure from interchange (MM 46.5) to Columbia Drive (MM 47.4)
• I-285 Northbound: Single to double, left-, or right- lane and shoulder closure from Interchange (MM 44.4) to Glenwood Road (MM 44.5)
• I-285 Northbound: Single to double, left- or right- lane and shoulder closure from Columbia Drive (MM 47.2) to interchange (MM 47.4)

 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.  

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

Ramp closure,  8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

• Wesley Chapel exit ramp to I-20 Westbound: Temporary closure. Traffic will be directed to the Panola Road exit ramp onto I-20 westbound to access Wesley Chapel Road.