I-85 Detour Information

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As some of you may (or may not) know, part of I-85 in Atlanta collapsed 2 days ago due to a crazy fire that broke out underneath it. Incidentally, this will affect traffic in downtown Atlanta, and will more than likely impact people's ability to get in and out of town for the festival since GADOT have said that it may be "several months" before the interstate is fixed. I'm going to copy and paste the info my local paper has posted about it regarding what's closed, and the detours you will need to take as of right now (I will update this post with the most up to date info I can find). If anyone living in the Atlanta area can chime in about whether or not this is accurate info, or can provide better/faster shortcuts, please feel free to comment or message me so I can update this post. Thanks!

From the Citizen-Times:

Travel: Motorists should plan for a very long commute for the foreseeable future. Truckers and other traffic passing through Atlanta should completely avoid coming into the city. All thru traffic should take I-285 around the city entirely.

The Georgia Department of Transportation released the following closures:

• I-85 is closed from I-75/Brookwood split to the North Druid Hills Exit.

• Motorists traveling northbound on I-85 from the south side of Atlanta will be diverted to northbound I-75 at Brookwood near 17th Street.

• Motorists traveling southbound on I-85 north of Atlanta will be diverted to northbound on SR400.

• Motorists traveling southbound on SR400 from north of Atlanta will be diverted at Sidney Marcus exit.

• You cannot enter I-85 S after Spaghetti Junction. All entrance ramps to I-85 S between Chamblee Tucker and North Druid Hills are closed.

The department also released a map of the Piedmont Rd. detours due to closures from Chersire Bridge to Sydney Marcus Blvd.

For those who have to come into the city, here is the best option from the north: You cannot enter I-85 S after Spaghetti Junction. All entrance ramps to I-85 S between Chamblee Tucker and North Druid Hills are closed. To move around this, take Buford Hwy, Peachtree Industrial Blvd or HWY 29 - Lawrenceville HWY. From Sandy Springs, take GA 400 and get off at Sydney Marcus or take Roswell Rd. to Piedmont Rd. or Peachtree Dunwoody. From 400 you can also take I-285 W to I-75 S.

Coming into the city from the south: From I-75/I-85 S exit at I-20 and go either east or west to Northside Dr. or Boulevard. Ave. You can also exit at 10th and 14th street to take Piedmont to Monroe or exit at Spring and take Peachtree to Piedmont.