Overview
- GDOT’s full shutdown, which runs Friday 7 p.m. to Monday 5 a.m., closes all lanes between Cascade Road (Exit 7) and MLK Jr. Drive (Exit 9) on I-285’s west side.
- Northbound drivers exit at Langford Parkway (Exit 5), go east to I-75, head north to I-20, then reenter I-285 at Exit 9, with the reverse route for southbound.
- Crews are milling and grinding concrete and prepping for slab repairs to give heavy equipment room to work and to keep workers and drivers safe.
- Officials warn of extreme delays across metro Atlanta and on neighborhood streets, urging people to avoid the area, leave extra time, and check 511GA for live updates.
- The closure supports a wider westside rebuild that GDOT says spans about 10 miles from South Fulton Parkway in College Park to Collier Road, a key stretch of Atlanta’s loop highway.