The cure to Atlanta traffic horror: Know your weekend roadwork, closures and more

Thanks to our road rage-inducing traffic, Georgia now has laws on the books targeting people who go too fast and too slow. A few years after passing the so-called “superspeeder” law assessing extra fines on motorists caught going 85 mph or more on most Georgia passed a “slowpoke” bill that can mean a fine for drivers who lollygag in the left hand lane. Next, they should aim at "idiots." JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Credit: Andria Brooks

Credit: Andria Brooks

Thanks to our road rage-inducing traffic, Georgia now has laws on the books targeting people who go too fast and too slow. A few years after passing the so-called “superspeeder” law assessing extra fines on motorists caught going 85 mph or more on most Georgia passed a “slowpoke” bill that can mean a fine for drivers who lollygag in the left hand lane. Next, they should aim at "idiots." JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Take a look at the list of this weekend’s planned roadwork and lane closures around metro Atlanta’s interstates, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

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Northwest Corridor Express Lanes

• A detour will take place at I-75 southbound and Ga. 280/Delk Road. Traffic traveling I-75 Southbound will be directed to take the I-75 Northbound ramp to travel northbound to South Marietta Parkway (Exit 263) and keep left to take the 120 Westbound loop (Marietta/KSU Marietta) onto South Marietta Parkway. Traffic will then be directed to turn left to enter I-75 Southbound via the ramp from South Marietta Parkway. The detour will take place from 9 p.m., Saturday until 5 a.m., Sunday and from 9 p.m., Tuesday until 5 a.m., Wednesday.

I-75

• One southbound lane will close between Ga. 280/Delk Road and Windy Hill Road from 9 p.m., Saturday until 5 a.m., Sunday.

• Two southbound lanes will close between Ga. 92/ Alabama Road and Wade Green Road from 8 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday and from 9 p.m., Saturday until 5 a.m., Sunday.

• One northbound lane will close between Barrett Parkway and Chastain Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday.On I-75,

• One northbound lane will close between Bill Gardner Parkway and Ga. 155/North McDonough Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday.

• One northbound lane will close between Ga. 155/North McDonough Road and Jonesboro Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday.

• One northbound and one southbound lane will close between Hudson Bridge Road and Ga. 138/Lake Spivey Parkway continuously from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday for the northbound lanes and continuously from 9 p.m., Friday until 7 a.m., Saturday for the southbound lanes.

I-285

• One westbound lane will close on the on-ramp to I-85 northbound from 9 p.m., Friday until 10 p.m., Saturday at the Tom Moreland Interchange (Spaghetti Junction) for concrete rehabilitation.

• Two southbound lanes will close at Ga. 155/Flat Shoals Parkway from 9 p.m., Sunday until 5 a.m., Monday.

• One eastbound collector-distributor lane will close between Ga. 54/ Jonesboro Road and the I-75 interchange continuously from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday for sign structure work.

• Two westbound lanes will close between the I-85 interchange and Ga. 279/Old National Highway from 9 p.m., Friday until 12 p.m., Saturday for sign structure work.

• Two westbound lanes will close between Ga. 139/ Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Cascade Road from 9 p.m., Saturday until 12 p.m., Sunday for sign structure work.

• Two northbound lanes will close at Ga. 166/Langford Parkway from 9 p.m., Saturday until 12 p.m., Sunday for sign structure work.

• Two northbound lanes will close between Ga. 166/Langford Parkway and Atlanta Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday.

• Two northbound and two southbound lanes will close at Atlanta Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Monday.

I-575

• One southbound lane will close between Barrett Parkway and the I-75 interchange from 8 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday and from 8 p.m., Sunday until 5 a.m., Monday.

• One southbound lane will close between Ga. 92/Alabama Road and Chastain Road from 8 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday and from 8 p.m., Sunday until 5 a.m., Monday.

• One northbound lane will close between Bells Ferry Road and Ga. 92/Alabama Road from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday and from 9 p.m., Sunday until 5 a.m., Monday.

I-675

• One northbound and one southbound lane will close between the I-75 interchange and Ga. 138/Lake Spivey Parkway from 9 p.m., Friday until 6 p.m., Saturday.

I-85

• Rolling closures will require one lane to close between Ga. 3/Metropolitan Parkway and the I-285 interchange nightly from 9 p.m., until 5 a.m., starting Friday night until Monday morning.

I-20

• One westbound lane will close between Hill Street and the I-285 interchange continuously from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 p.m., Sunday.

• One westbound lane will close between the I-285 interchange and Ga. 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard from 5 a.m., Saturday until 5 a.m., Monday.

• One eastbound lane will close between Ga. 70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard and Hill Street continuously from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 p.m., Sunday.

Other State Routes

• On Ga. 3/US 19/US 41/Cobb Parkway, on lane will close between Akers Mill Road and Northgate Drive nightly from 9 p.m., until 5 a.m., starting Friday night until Monday morning.

• On Ga. 92/Woodstock Road, one lane will close between the Cobb County line and Ga. 9/ Alpharetta Highway nightly from 9 p.m., until 5 a.m., starting Friday night until Monday morning.

City Streets

• On Williams Street, one lane will close between Peachtree Place and 6th Street from 9 p.m., Friday until 5 a.m., Saturday and from 9 a.m., until 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. The lane closure will allow crews to perform utility work.