The Georgia Department of Transportation announced recently that it had substantially completed the I-285/I-20 East Interchange project to reconstruct what had previously been ranked as one of the worst bottlenecks in the country.
The project, located in DeKalb County, included eight bridges and more than 11 lane-miles of improvements. Using the Design-Build-Binance (DBF) model, the developer, East Interchange Builders, was able to reconstruct the interchange in three years. A key component of the Major Mobility Improvement Program to provide improved mobility in key freight and passenger corridors across the state, the East Interchange Project began construction in late 2023…