ATLANTA — Officials aim to open one or two lanes of Cheshire Bridge Road in April, according to the latest update Wednesday from Atlanta City Council Member Alex Wan.
Wan wrote in the newsletter that AT&T is in the process of relocating its utilities after last week's rain. Once they are finished, Wan said contractors will start demolishing and removing a small portion of the bridge.
After that, he said construction workers would then begin pouring concrete and shoring the other sections of the bridge.
"We are still aiming to open up one or two lanes in April, and construction will continue until the remaining lanes are completed," Wan wrote in the update.
Additionally, Wan addressed the sign posted at the CSX at-grade railroad crossing on Lenox Road about an upcoming two-day closure for repair work. Wan said the city contacted CSX, and they're skipping the repair work at that location until the LaVista and Cheshire Bridge Road intersection is reopened.
"Also, I have learned that our Buildings Department received some movement from the apartment owners this week. I hope to have additional information to share very shortly," Wan added.
This is the second time in recent years Cheshire Bridge Road has been closed after a fire. In 2021, a fire ripped through a portion of the bridge, shutting down part of the road for nearly 15 months.
11Alive's Tracey Amick-Peer spoke with Prescott Landry, who works at Apotheca, who said while an April opening date gives him hope, he's still concerned another fire and another closure, could happen again.
"It's becoming too normal. Every couple of months the bridge is on fire," Landry said.
For now, the Cheshire Road detours remain in place:
Cheshire Bridge Road detours
Piedmont Ave NE northbound
- Continue north past Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
- Turn right onto Lindbergh Way NE eastbound
- Lindbergh Dr. NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Piedmont Rd NE southbound at Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
- Continue south past Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
- Turn left onto E Morningside Dr. NE eastbound
- Continue eastbound as E Morningside Dr. NE becomes E Rock Springs Rd NE
- Turn left onto Johnson Rd NE northbound
- Turn left onto Lenox Rd NE northbound
- Lenox Rd NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Piedmont Cir NE eastbound at Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
- Turn left onto Piedmont Rd NE northbound
- Turn right onto Lindbergh Way NE eastbound
- Lindbergh Dr. NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Cheshire Bridge Rd NE southbound at Lindbergh Dr. NE
- Turn right onto Lindbergh Dr NE westbound
- Turn Left onto Piedmont Rd NE southbound
- Piedmont Rd NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Cheshire Bridge Rd NE southbound at Woodland Ave NE
- Turn left onto Woodland Ave NE eastbound
- Turn right onto Lenox Rd NE southbound
- Turn right onto Johnson Rd NE southbound
- Turn right onto E Rock Springs Rd NE westbound
- Continue westbound as E Rock Springs Rd NE becomes E Morningside Dr. NE
- Turn right onto Piedmont Ave NE northbound
- Piedmont Ave NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Woodland Ave NE westbound
- Turn right onto Cheshire Bridge Rd NE northbound
- Turn left onto Lindbergh Dr. NE westbound
- Turn left onto Piedmont Rd NE southbound
- Piedmont Rd NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Lavista Rd NE westbound
- Continue west past Cheshire Bridge Rd NE onto Lindbergh Dr. NE
- Turn left onto Piedmont Rd NE southbound
- Piedmont Rd NE connects to Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Wellbourne Dr. NE northbound
- Turn left onto Cheshire Bridge Rd NE westbound
- Turn right onto Piedmont Rd NE northbound
- Turn right onto Lindbergh Way NE eastbound
- Lindbergh Dr. NE intersects Cheshire Bridge Rd NE