March 2025 Project Updates

BARTOW COUNTY

  • Reconstruction of Highway 41 bridges over State Route 293 – Current Completion Date: 12/25. Crews are installing a retaining wall on the northbound side to prepare to remove the northbound bridge. Traffic will be shifted to the southbound bridge with traffic in both directions reduced to one lane over the bridge.
  • Old Alabama Road widening from SR 113 to Paga Mine Road – Current Completion Date: 6/25. Work continues on all three bridges along the route. Crews are installing storm drains along the project route.

CHEROKEE COUNTY

  • No current construction projects

GORDON COUNTY

  • Reconstruction of SR 136 bridges over Coosawattee River – Current Completion Date: 12/25. Crews continue work on building the eastbound bridge. Once completed, crews will begin demolition of the westbound bridge and shift traffic in both directions to the eastbound bridge.
  • Construction of Reduced Conflict U-Turn (RCUT) on SR 53 at Brownlee Road/Plainville Road – Completion Date: 3/26. Work expected to begin soon.
  • Intersection improvements at SR 156 and US 41/Wall Street. Current Completion Date: 4/26. Utility relocation is underway.

PICKENS COUNTY

  • No current construction projects

 

Advisory:  Motorists are advised to expect delays, exercise caution, and reduce their speed while traveling through work zones. Before heading out, get real-time information on work status and traffic conditions. Call 511, visit 511ga.org, or download the Georgia 511 app. Our maintenance team members who repair roads and bridges and our project teams who oversee construction projects are continuing their essential work, while following sanitary work practices prescribed by health agencies to protect themselves and the public from the coronavirus, as are most state DOTs in the U.S.

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