Peachtree Street Bridges over Connector to be Refurbished
GDOT Board votes to spend $1.7 million to help spruce up the bridges as part of an overall plan to present the interstate corridor as a more welcoming area to visitors.
Motorists zooming (or sometimes idling) on the Interstate 75/85 Connector will soon see Peachtree Street in a new brighter fashion. Specifically at the two bridges that cross the connector at the southern and northern ends, the latter where Midtown and Buckhead converge. The State Transportation Board voted this week to spend $1.7 million to refurbish the bridges as part of an overall plan to make the interstate corridor a more pleasant welcoming area to visitors. According to the Midtown Alliance, which has been planning the $5 million project for the two bridges along with the Central Atlanta Progress, the spruced up I-85/I-75 interchange bridge will feature sculptured fences and sidewalks at street level, and colored under-lighting …
Tyler Blazer
4:50 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
How about the money could be spent to making the bridges between North, 5th, and 10th a GROUND PLANE connecting Midtown to the west side of the interstate and to begin capping that portion of the interstate. More development would pop-up along what now is a gulch-like ravine of the Connector and embrace a potential public- park area in the heart of midtown. The 5th street bridge already has … more ›