FreightWaves Classics: I-16 connects Georgia’s ports to the Southeast

A damaged overpass is demolished in order to re-open I-16. (Photo: Georgia Department of Transportation)

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,...

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‘Freight Alley’ wants in on Georgia’s truck-only lane project

A Chattanooga, Tennessee-based business partnership is lobbying the state of Georgia to include “Freight Alley” in its plan to open truck-only lanes along Interstate 75.

Thrive Regional Partnership, which lists truckload carrier Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) as one of its investors, submitted comments to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) earlier this month asking that the agency consider the benefits of extending its commercial vehicle lanes (CVL) project along the I-75 corridor in...

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