Demolition Begins On Fire-Damaged Cheshire Bridge Road Bridge

ATLANTA — Demolition began Wednesday on the Cheshire Bridge Road bridge shut down in early August after a gas main fire.

City of Atlanta officials announced the beginning of the work that will precede completely rebuilding the bridge that fords Peachtree Creek.

A fire that started at the base of the bridge on Aug. 4 severely ruptured the 4-inch gas line running along the bridge, compounding the original damage caused at the outset of the blaze.

The stretch of Cheshire Bridge Road along the bridge is a throughway between businesses and homes in Buckhead and the Virginia Highlands and North Druid Hills area and has remained closed since the fire.

Atlanta Fire Rescue Department and the Georgia Department of Transportation deemed the bridge structurally unsound and an “unsafe … public hazard,” closing the bridge and the portion of Cheshire Bridge Road between Woodland and Faulkner roads.

City officials assessed the damage, estimating that it could take a year to demolish the structure, design a new bridge and rebuild it.

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Questions and/or concerns related to the closure of Cheshire Bridge Road from Woodland Avenue NE to Faulkner Road NE may be directed to the Atlanta Department of Transportation Communications Unit at ATLDOT@AtlantaGa.Gov.

The following detour routes remain in effect:

Piedmont Ave NE northbound:

• Continue north past Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
• Turn right onto Lindbergh Way NE eastbound
• Lindbergh Dr NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE

Piedmont Rd NE southbound at Cheshire Bridge Rd NE:

• Continue south past Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
• Turn left onto E Morningside Dr NE eastbound
• Continue eastbound as E Morningside Dr NE becomes E Rock Springs Rd NE
• Turn left onto Johnson Rd NE northbound
• Turn left onto Lenox Rd NE northbound
• Lenox Rd NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE

Piedmont Cir NE eastbound at Cheshire Bridge Rd NE:

• Turn left onto Piedmont Rd NE northbound
• Turn right onto Lindbergh Way NE eastbound
• Lindbergh Dr NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE

Cheshire Bridge Rd NE southbound at Lindbergh Dr NE:

• Turn right onto Lindbergh Drive NE westbound
• Turn Left onto Piedmont Road NE southbound
• Piedmont Road NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Road NE

Cheshire Bridge Rd NE southbound at Woodland Ave NE:

• Turn left onto Woodland Avenue NE eastbound
• Turn right onto Lenox Road NE southbound
• Turn right onto Johnson Road NE southbound
• Turn right onto East Rock Springs Road NE westbound
• Continue westbound as East Rock Springs Road NE becomes E Morningside Drive NE
• Turn right onto Piedmont Avenue NE northbound
• Piedmont Avenue NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Road NE

Woodland Ave NE westbound:

• Turn right onto Cheshire Bridge Road NE northbound
• Turn left onto Lindbergh Drive NE westbound
• Turn left onto Piedmont Road NE southbound
• Piedmont Road NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Road NE

Lavista Rd NE westbound:

• Continue west past Cheshire Bridge Road NE onto Lindbergh D NE
• Turn left onto Piedmont Road NE southbound
• Piedmont Road NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Road NE

Wellbourne Dr NE northbound:

• Turn left onto Cheshire Bridge Rd NE westbound
• Turn right onto Piedmont Rd NE northbound
• Turn right onto Lindbergh Way NE eastbound
• Lindbergh Dr NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE