With this project well underway, you'll find a busy hub of activity driving in the area of Old Cusseta Road and Farr Road. This is the location where multiple construction crews are working on multiple tasks, and there's a lot to see as you go carefully through the work zone.
At the intersection, you'll see that workers have cleared what's called 'the footprint' for this part of the project underneath the Interstate 185 overpass. In coming months, crews will build a new bridge to serve as an onramp to the overpass here. To make room for the new onramp, a section of Farr Road will be moved to a new alignment, and just a bit further east on Old Cusseta you'll see excavators and other large vehicles clearing out the land where the future Farr Road will be. Also, you can see through these photos how quickly a summer storm can move through the region and provide a quick 'time out' on construction. The workers kept going until the storm hit, but it took only minutes for the skies to go from partly cloudy with sun to gray and ominous.
At the intersection, you'll see that workers have cleared what's called 'the footprint' for this part of the project underneath the Interstate 185 overpass. In coming months, crews will build a new bridge to serve as an onramp to the overpass here. To make room for the new onramp, a section of Farr Road will be moved to a new alignment, and just a bit further east on Old Cusseta you'll see excavators and other large vehicles clearing out the land where the future Farr Road will be. Also, you can see through these photos how quickly a summer storm can move through the region and provide a quick 'time out' on construction. The workers kept going until the storm hit, but it took only minutes for the skies to go from partly cloudy with sun to gray and ominous.
You'll see some interesting piles of things throughout the work zone. On one side of the roadway, huge concrete pipe is stacked up, waiting to be buried as utility crews move the water lines throughout the area. On the other side is an enormous pile of tires that had been scattered along the side of the road. As clearing teams went through the work zone creating this section of the project footprint, they had to sort out lots of litter debris as well as brush and grass.
For the next few weeks, you'll see utility workers digging up old water lines and burying pipe in its new positioning along Farr Road. A lot of coordination among team members to carefully and properly place these new lines, so you may see a lot of construction equipment and people through the area. The work zone has been designated with everyone's favorite orange-and-white safety barrels and you'll note that the two lanes are a bit narrower than usual. As always, please slow down and #DriveAlert through this project's boundaries and both you and our crew members will #ArriveAliveGA!
