Interstate 75 northbound near exit 1 reduced to one lane, Lafayette GA
Road ClosureInterstate 75 northbound near exit 1 and the 24 westbound split was reduced to one lane and partially closed, causing significant traffic delays. The closure was likely due to construction or an accident, with police and construction workers on site.
Audio|Source: Tri-States Amateur Radio Club W4GTA 145.350 MHz - Lookout Mountain
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Transcript:
00:00
They are taking 75 north all the way down to a single lane at exit one over here.
00:07
Haven't got to the rest area yet,
00:10
and they're forcing everybody all the way over to the left.
00:13
So,
00:14
I don't know.
00:15
Guess that explains why everybody was stopped.
00:23
Well, I mean, I guess they got their reasons, and I guess there's things they got to do.
00:27
It could have been an emergency repair.
00:28
I mean, I don't have enough info to speak, but it,
00:34
you know, with all the truck traffic that interstate carry, especially at night, that's just, you just got to think there just had to have been a better way to do it, but maybe not.
00:52
Well, Dave, I am turning into my driveway and we'll be parked in another minute or so.
00:57
So good luck, the rest of the way home, Chief.
01:01
I hope you get there quicker than it sounds like you will.
01:04
And enjoy seeing you at the meeting and the dinner tonight.
01:08
W4EDP.
01:10
Have yourself a great evening, sir.
01:13
Good to see you and talk to you as always.
01:16
And yeah, it looks like they closed off the 24 split.
01:22
So nobody is coming from 75 north to 24 west.
01:27
That just isn't going to happen tonight.
01:31
Really strange.
01:32
Whatever.
01:33
All right, have a going.
01:34
We'll catch you later.
01:38
Wow, that's gonna be a huge mess before it's over.
01:42
W4ADP, have a good one.
02:06
A4MH, WW4DB.
02:07
Good evening, Matt.
02:12
Hey, good evening, hey, are you, are you stuck out of the United States? Is that what I heard?
02:19
Yeah, they shut down all the lanes to the right on 75 north,
02:25
right at exit 1, so we're down to a single lane.
02:33
And it looks like,
02:35
I can't tell, but it looks like they shut down the 24,
02:39
75 north to 24 west is shut down from what I can tell.
02:47
If it's open, it's going to be way up there right at where they make the split, but I can't see that far ahead.
03:00
That is weird.
03:02
I wonder if my mind immediately goes to,
03:08
I wonder if it was like an accident with fatalities.
03:14
I don't know, that's just kind of where my mind went if they shut down that much of the interstate.
03:22
Yeah,
03:25
that's kind of strange.
03:32
I'm basically at the rest area exit from 75 north here on the Tennessee site.
03:41
If the cones weren't there, I could get off at the rest area.
03:47
But anyway,
03:49
yeah, I see a lot of lights flashing up on the 24.
03:59
I guess the 24th, the ramp, I guess, that goes to 24 west.
04:04
So anyway, yep, there's blue lights up there.
04:32
I don't know.
04:33
It looks like that's really weird.
04:36
I guess it's construction.
04:38
But I thought all that was done with.
04:41
But anyway, they got the,
04:44
I guess it is open for them to get up and go over 24 West, but it's down to a single lane again like it's always been.
04:50
But they've got construction workers up in a police car up on top.
04:55
So I don't know.
04:56
I'm not sure what's going on.
04:57
But anyway, regardless,
04:59
I am now moving at posted speed, so that makes me happy.
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Near North Dr, LaFayette, GA 30728
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