I-85 Georgia News Reports

At 7:30 a.m., the Georgia Department of Transportation 511 website listed two left lanes as blocked with first responder vehicles on scene. Traffic maps showed delays stretching back along both I-285 ... Read More

More roadwork is targeted for Interstate 85 in Northeast Georgia. GDOT officials are planning for traffic lane shifts along I-85 by the Ridgeway Church Road bridge and North Oconee River overpass, ... Read More

A tractor-trailer carrying explosives overturned on I-85, causing extensive road closures and minor injuries to one passenger. Read More

JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. - All lanes of Interstate 85 were reopened after a crash involving hazardous materials near Braselton. All lanes in both directions were initially closed, but southbound ... Read More

JEFFERSON, Ga. - UPDATE: All lanes on I-85 in Jackson County have reopened after a crash involving hazardous materials on Monday afternoon prompted lane closures. Read More

Jefferson police say a crash involving hazardous materials has shut down both directions of Interstate 85. A social media post by the police department reporting the crash and shutdown was made just ... Read More

A crashed tractor trailer on Interstate 85 NB reportedly shut down traffic in one direction Monday afternoon. Officials told FOX 5 the crash involved explosive materials. Read More

Interstate 85 is shut down in both directions in Jackson County due to a '?large traffic accident involving hazardous materials,'? the police department in the city of Jefferson said.The crash happened ... Read More

ATLANTA - A woman is dead after being hit ... indicates that a black Mustang was racing another vehicle on the interstate and appeared to have hit the woman who was walking on the side of ... Read More

MACON COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - A single-vehicle crash on I-85 in Macon County left the southbound lanes of the roadway temporarily closed. According to officials, the crash occurred around 4:50 a.m ... Read More

A Decatur man will spend the rest of ... lane on I-85 may have caused a multi-vehicle crash in DeKalb County, according to police. The Georgia Department of Transportation will be busy this ... Read More

A man has been charged with obstruction of an officer and reckless conduct charges after an incident on Interstate 85 northbound in Troup County.I-85 northbound was shut down during the incident as ... Read More

On July 2 at approximately 6:11 p.m., deputies from the Troup County Sheriff's Office responded to a possible domestic dispute on Interstate 85 Northbound near the 14-mile marker. Read More

Deputies with TCSO were dispatched to northbound Interstate 85 near mile marker 14 at ... the Troup County Sheriff's Office, Georgia State Patrol and LaGrange Police Department tried to talk ... Read More

The Greenville County Coroner's Office said they have been called to an incident on Interstate 85. The coroner says the incident is on the southbound side of I-85 near exit 46C. Sign up for our ... Read More

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police are investigating a multi-vehicle wreck that shut down part of Interstate 85 late Friday night into Saturday morning. The wreck happened just after 11 p.m. in ... Read More

The Grantville Police Department is mourning ... An oil spill has closed the westbound lanes of GA-34 / Bullsboro Drive between Interstate Way and Newnan Crossing Boulevard East. Read More

ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Natural Resources ... DNR said the areas generally north of Atlanta from Interstate 85 east of the city and I-20 west of it, the coastal counties and ... Read More

A major DeKalb County bridge connecting I-85 and Buford Highway is back open for traffic after having to shut down for months for a construction project. Read More