The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced the latest round of lane and ramp closures and other traffic changes for Transform 285/400, its massive project to reconstruct the I-285/Ga. 400 interchange.

Schedules may change based on the work and the weather.

Abernathy Road closures

Jan. 29 and Feb. 1-5, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., westbound between Peachtree-Dunwoody Road and Ga. 400 closed.

Ga. 400 ramp closures

Feb. 3-5, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., northbound ramp to I-285 westbound closed.

Feb. 4-5, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., southbound ramp to Hammond Drive closed.

Ga. 400 lane closures

Jan. 29, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., northbound between Hammond Drive and Abernathy Road, two left lanes.

Feb. 1, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., southbound between Hammond Drive and Abernathy Road, two right lanes.

Feb. 1-2, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., northbound between Johnson Ferry Road and Hammond Drive, two left lanes.

Feb. 2-3, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., southbound between Hammond Drive and Abernathy Road, two left lanes.

Feb. 3, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., northbound between Johnson Ferry Road and Abernathy Road, two right lanes.

Feb. 5, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., northbound between Johnson Ferry Road and Hammond Drive, two right lanes.

Glenridge Drive closures

Jan. 29 and Feb. 2-5, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., closed between Glenforest Drive and Johnson Ferry Road.

I-285 ramp closures

Feb. 1-5, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., eastbound ramp to Ga. 400 northbound closed.

Feb. 2-5, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., eastbound ramp to Roswell Road closed.

I-285 lane closures

Jan. 29-30, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., eastbound between Glenridge Drive and Ashford-Dunwoody Road, three left lanes.

Johnson Ferry Road lane closures

Feb. 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., eastbound between Glenridge Point Parkway and Meridian Mark Road, one right lane.

Spalding Drive lane closures

Feb. 3, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., westbound between Peachtree-Dunwoody Road and Dumaine Trace, one right lane.

Other traffic changes

Jan. 29 and Feb. 2-4, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., Ga. 400 northbound between Hammond Drive and Abernathy Road will have traffic pacing (police forcing other vehicles to slow or stop).

Feb. 1-3, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., Ga. 400 southbound between Hammond Drive and Abernathy Road will have traffic pacing (police forcing other vehicles to slow or stop).

Feb. 4, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lake Forrest Drive southbound between Allen Road and I-285 will have flagging.

I-285 eastbound and westbound ramps to Ga. 400 northbound and southbound will have periodic traffic pacing, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., where police force other vehicles to slow or stop.

 

John Ruch is an Atlanta-based journalist. Previously, he was Managing Editor of Reporter Newspapers.