Westside I-285 shutdown begins as GDOT says full closure will speed up construction timeline

All lanes of I-285 between Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. and Cascade Rd. are temporarily closing Friday night as the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) continues a major reconstruction project on Atlanta's west side. Drivers will be detoured off I-285 at Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. and Cascade Road, with traffic routed onto local surface streets.GDOT told CBS News Atlanta it considered different approaches before moving forward with the full closures, but those would have dragged out t