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24-mile stretch of I-85 may be widened
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The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to widen 24 miles of Interstate 85 through Gwinnett, Barrow and Jackson counties.
About 24 miles of Interstate 85 could be getting wider from north of 985 to just north of U.S. 129 in Jefferson, which is also the exit for Gainesville. The project calls for three lanes where there are now two and proposes to replace overpasses at Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch Road, Jesse Cronic Road and Ga. 332. The overpasses would be closed, with detours in place, during construction.