Access from North Druid Hills Road to Buford Highway and I-85 is taking a major turn this week as the Peachtree Creek bridge closes on Friday, April 26, for 90 days, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Experts said if the Key Bridge had been fitted with more robust collision-prevention structures, the collapse might have been avoided. Records indicate the protections weren't significantly altered.
Rescue efforts have turned to recovery after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A federal investigation is underway as the region braces for a long and costly reconstruction.
A Baltimore bridge serving as a vital highway artery collapsed early Tuesday after a nearly 1,000-foot-long container ship crashed into it, sending several people into the frigid water below.
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will not reopen the Mount Vernon Highway Bridge over I-285 after a traffic accident damaged it Wednesday.
Traffic on a key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland was disrupted Monday after one of its sections was blown up in what Russian officials said was a Ukrainian attack that killed two.
The Georgia Department of Transportation is moving forward with a plan to replace the cables on the Talmadge Bridge in Savannah and raise the structure to more easily accommodate cargo ships calling at the Port of Savannah.
A Russian barrage pounded apartment buildings and other targets in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, officials said Sunday.