Road closure set for bridge project

Work on the Ga. 53 bridge replacement project over the Chestatee River will affect drivers in Forsyth and Hall counties Wednesday night. With crews pouring another concrete support structure for the new span, a westbound right-hand travel lane will be shut down from 7 p.m. today until 6 a.m. Thursday.

The closing will be between Dogwood Trail and Little Hall Park. Traffic control will be in place to guide drivers around the construction.

Tonight’s work is part of a larger project under which an out-of-date 1956 bridge is being replaced and just over two-thirds of a mile of the roadway will be re-aligned. The work should be finished in 2019. for planting in the South. Purchased from a Hawkinsville tree farm, the tree currently measures 24 feet tall and will stand about 50 feet tall at full maturity. City staff has prepared the planting area by installing a small retaining wall.

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