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Column: Improvements in traffic flow are thanks to road geometry
Rudi Kiefer
In Lumpkin County, the intersection of Ga. 115 (Dahlonega Highway) and Ga. 52 at Copper Mines Road used to be a constant bottleneck. Vehicles would sit idling, then inching forward one car length at a time to await their turn at the 4-way stop. Things changed when the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) redesigned the intersection into a roundabout, a.k.a. traffic circle.