DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Drivers should expect overnight lane closures and detours on Interstate 85 and State Route 42/North Druid Hills Road over the next week as crews continue work on a major interchange project.
What we know:
The Georgia Department of Transportation said weather permitting, contractors will close multiple lanes beginning Friday night, August 22, through Friday morning, August 28. Additional impacts are scheduled through the end of the month.
The first closures start on Friday at 8 p.m. and last until 6 a.m. Saturday. Various lanes on westbound North Druid Hills Road between Briarcliff Road and Buford Highway will close beginning at 9 p.m. The I-85 southbound off-ramp to North Druid Hills Road will also shut down, reopening by 11 a.m. Saturday. Drivers will need to fol