Abbotts Bridge Road Widening To Start In September

JOHNS CREEK, GA -- The Johns Creek Public Works Department will soon kick off improvements along a stretch of Abbotts Bridge Road.

The mile-long project will widen Abbotts Bridge Road (Ga. 120) between Jones Bridge and Parsons roads, add a center turn lane and install landscaped medians and 10-foot-wide pedestrian trails on each side.

The Jones Bridge-to-Parsons Road section is expected to start in September, and be completed by the fall 2017, weather permitting, the city of Johns Creek said Monday.

"When Ga. 120 was built years ago, this was the country,” said Public Works Director Tom Black. “Now it functions as a heavily suburban arterial road, but the road hasn’t been upgraded. We plan to improve its capacity to meet its function, to better serve neighborhoods, and improve the landscaping so that it is more attractive as well.”

This project is part of a series of four projects for S.R. 120 (Abbotts Bridge-Kimball Bridge roads) planned by the Georgia Department of Transportation and the city. Johns Creek will manage it while other sections will be managed by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Ultimately, the Ga. 120 upgrade will stretch between Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Gwinnett County through the city of Johns Creek to Kimball Bridge Road at State Bridge Road on the Alpharetta border.

Improvements to the corridor will include widening, landscaping, and safety improvements. The tentative timeline, contingent on funding, calls for all four projects to be finished in 2022.

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