I-985 North In Gwinnett To Shut Down Thursday Night

BUFORD, GA — Both northbound lanes of Interstate 985 in Gwinnett County will be shut down Thursday night for construction work.

The Georgia Department of Transportaion will be transporting and installing bridge beams being used to build the Georgia Express Lane extension on Interstate 85. A single lane will be closed on I-985 at 9 p.m. and the second lane will be closed at 11 p.m.

The double-lane closure will last until 5 a.m.

The closure will start at the I-85/I-985 split. Traffic traveling northbound on I-985 will be detoured by way of I-85 to Exit 115, then to State Route 20, to the I-985 on ramp. The detour is about six miles long and drivers will need to slow down when approaching the work zone, the DOT says.

Photo courtesy Georgia Department of Transportation