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Your Georgia Connection: Rich Olivier, Atlanta, GA • 1-800-409-1479
New Interchange on I-575 Under Way in Cherokee County The contractor is using a Cat 321C LCR excavator to assist with installation of the borings and concrete piers for the sound barrier wall.
During March 2011 the contractor continued to work on the relocation of Rope Mill Road and construction of all four ramps.
By Angela B. Hurni CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has awarded a design/build contract worth $18.1 million for the construction of a new interchange on I-575 at Ridgewalk Parkway to contractor C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc., Marietta, Ga., and transportation consultants, The LPA Group, headquartered in Columbia, S.C. It has been more than four months since construction began on the interchange, and work is progressing smoothly with about 20 percent of the project completed. Completion is scheduled for the end of December 2012. The contract includes construction of a new, full diamond-shaped interchange on I-
The earthmoving on this project will total roughly 300,000 cu. yds. (228,000 cu m). Dirt has been hauled from the east side of I-575 to the west side to be used for fill and construction of the southbound entrance ramp.
575 at Ridgewalk Parkway in Woodstock, Ga., which is located within Cherokee County. The project, measuring approximately 1.76 mi. (2.8 km), includes the replacement of the existing bridge over I-575 and calls for the realignment of Rope Mill Road which will allow it to intersect with Ridgewalk Parkway and accommodate the ramps of the new interchange. There also will be auxiliary lanes constructed between the new interchange and the Towne Lake interchange. The goal of the project is to provide better access to I-575 as well as to improve the safety and the flow of traffic on the Interstate. “This new interchange will improve access to I-575 in that part of Cherokee County, as it continues to grow and develsee INTERCHANGE page 2