Another “Road Failure” on Atlanta’s Interstate

ATLANTA (WDEF) You’ve got to wonder just how safe the interstates are around Alanta these days.

First, there was the fire and collapse on I 285.

This morning, a chemical truck wreck brought hazmat and a major traffic jam to I 85.

Now we have a new mystery buckle in the highway.

Was it a ruptured gas line or water line?

One tweet claims it happened after a motorcycle hit it!

Whatever the cause, the pavement buckled on WB I-2 at the Gresham Road exit.

Ja’lynn Xhena
@JalynnXhena_

😨 I’ve never seen anything like this! This is on I-20 near Flat Shoals Rd. https://t.co/m4fNYNpqT0

Will Sansbury
@willsansbury
#ATL is getting weird. This is on I-20 near Flat Shoals. Asphalt just burst up.

#ATLtraffic Take a look at how huge this buckled concrete on WB I-20 is! The LATEST: https://t.co/kLmYI5Q8TM pic.twitter.com/bSC2DDObV2

— CBS46 (@cbs46) April 17, 2017

Earlier this morning, an accident forced a tanker truck to overturn.

And a toxic chemical spilled out onto the Downtown Connector.

It shut down the vital interstate for hours, and caused several school delays as a result.

But there appear to be no lasting affects.

Cortez Stafford with Atlanta Fire Department provides an update on current situation on downtown connector, MORE: https://t.co/wSzo11ZXID pic.twitter.com/vfZamdnMUe

— CBS46 (@cbs46) April 17, 2017

Of course, crews are still working on the I 85 collapse.

The goal now is to repair the highway by Mid-May.

Ga Dept. of Safety

But you can’t blame Atlanta area motorists who may be thinking they are driving on cursed highways.

George Pearson
george.pearson1

Well Atlanta has REALLY pissed off the traffic gods. Now this on I-20 west bound before Flat Shoals

Can’t make this ish up!