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Motorists wishing to exit at Roswell Road must use this new CD lane! Learn more! /16QC9CkHnT- Georgia DOT July 30, 2021Ĭonfusion about the new CD ramp’s location and future closures in this zone are sure to cause delays for the rest of this year. We're closer to another major milestone for #Transform285400, as a new collector-distributor (CD) lane on I-285 westbound is scheduled to open on (or) before Monday.

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Whether driving in this area for the first time after the Roswell Road ramp’s relocation or traveling in this tricky work zone daily, drivers need to remain absolutely alert. This is similar to how the I-85/I-285 (Spaghetti Junction) interchange operates in DeKalb County. They then can take Abernathy west over to Roswell Road or even take GA-400/southbound to Glenridge (Exit 3) and then over to Roswell Road.Ī slip ramp to I-285/westbound is built into this new CD ramp to allow drivers coming off of GA-400 and from Glenridge Drive to get onto I-285/westbound without having to wait at the traffic lights on the Roswell Road ramp. McKay also recommends taking GA-400/northbound to Abernathy Road (Exit 5) for people that miss the new, early Roswell Road CD exit. “Get off to the right at exit 29, Ashford Dunwoody Road,” McKay said on the podcast, adding that if Roswell Road-bound drivers get to GA-400, then they have gone too far. You don’t wanna do that certainly more than once,” Dale said. then you’re going to have to go all the way to Riverside, turn around and go eastbound to access Roswell Road. This prevents the dangerous and delay-inducing traffic weaves and lane changes that have plagued this heavily congested area. This CD ramp system is designed to force local traffic to commit to the exiting side of a freeway earlier, freeing up the left lanes for express traffic that is passing through that area.

How much earlier? The new I-285/westbound (Outer Loop) CD exit ramp to Roswell Road will begin just after Peachtree Dunwoody Road (Exit 28).nearly three miles earlier, forcing drivers on the Northside Perimeter to commit to the exit well before they are used to. “You are going to need to make that decision pretty significantly earlier.” “If you are on I-285/westbound,” Dale said. That CD ramp, the first of several planned for the revamped interchange, will force traffic heading to Roswell Road to channel over and make that decision miles earlier. “The more we see these larger pieces open - like the collector-distributor lane, like some of these new ramps - that is just us getting part of the completed picture here,” GDOT spokesperson Natalie Dale explained on the latest WSB Traffic Podcast with Smilin’ Mark McKay and me.

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