Flooding and potholes cause lane closures near I-285 and South Cobb Dr, Marietta GA
Road ClosureThe 285 exit near South Cobb Drive floods whenever it rains, causing closure of two southbound lanes. There are also major potholes near the area, creating hazards for vehicles. Some construction work is being done on nearby ramps and roads, but flooding and potholes remain a concern.
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near South Cobb Drive.
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Ooh, almost wants it.
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With the 285 exit that floods every time it rains and they do nothing about it and it shuts down two of the lanes southbound.
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Because they know where the problem areas are,
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and they do nothing to alleviate the problem.
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The one next to it. And I'm talking, I ain't talking about it's just a little standing water.
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This thing is, oh, four-beat-deep.
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I don't take your bumper off if you hit that too fast.
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Oh yeah.
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Construction that they're doing down here,
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they're going to be doing all different exit ramps too,
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like Bolton Road and stuff like that. They've got to be vamping a lot of these things down here.
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Definitely needs it. I mean, it's just one lane to get on the 20 going east or west, and then, you know, you got that one lane or whatever it is, it kind of shoots you through the middle.
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It's kind of crowded over there.
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I've got to back it down a little bit.
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I haven't lost it again.
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Major potholes out there too getting on to 20.
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They fix the ones coming off of 20 to get on 285 northbound.
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They fixed those, finally. There was like eight of them all in a row.
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Exactly.
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Yeah,
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I was up there, I don't know, a couple weeks ago,
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dodging them.
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One a couple years ago it knocked my alignment out.
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Near S Cobb Dr SE, Marietta, GA 30060
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