Last week, Interstate 16 (I-16) was closed in both directions between Exit 71 and Exit 78 following extensive damage to an overpass in Treutlen County. Early on the morning of July 15, a large dump trailer crashed into that bridge over the highway, creating a danger when the bridge deck shifted off its supports by 6 feet over the interstate below, the GDOT said in a news release.
The interstate could not be reopened between the two exits mentioned above until the entire bridge deck was removed,...