rwess wrote:
I-85 north is now closed where it splits off the downtown connector and all northbound traffic is routed on I-75 north. I-85 south did not collapse, but is closed for inspection. I believe all southbound traffic is diverted onto GA 400 North.
Atlanta traffic has always been bad. Now it will be impossible. The mayor said that this is the worst possible traffic situation.
Avoid Atlanta at all cost. All of the other major roads (I-75, I-20, I-285 will have to absorb this tremendous amount of additional traffic. It will be like a traffic armageddon, even on the weekends.
If traveling thru Atlanta north to south, or vice versa, use US-27 instead.
This may finally force Atlanta to accept mass transit.
Not if they're smart, throw $10-15M at a contractor to hit an early completing date, California replaced a similar sized chunk of interstate a few years ago in just over 30 days by giving the contractor a $10M bonus for early completion. There's no way you could get 400k daily riders worth of mass transit for that kind of money.