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Metro Atlanta home to some of the nation's worst bottlenecks, study finds

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published  February 13, 2022 8:31am EST
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Atlanta listed in top traffic bottlenecks in U.S.

A new study from the American Transportation Research Institute, which cited GPS data from a million truck drivers, listed the Cobb Cloverleaf, Spaghetti Junction, and others as some of the country's worst bottlenecks.

Metro Atlanta residents know what to expect when it comes to highway traffic. 

That's been quantified in a study from the American Transportation Research Institute. 

GPS information from 1 million truck drivers shows where some of the "top bottlenecks" in the country are found.

Spaghetti Junction came in at No. 4 overall, followed by Interstate 20 west at the West Wall on Interstate 285.

A stretch of Interstate 75 in McDonough landed at No. 12 on the list.

The Cobb Cloverleaf landed at No. 14. 

Metro Atlanta had nine of the top 100 truck bottlenecks:

  • No. 18: I-285 at SR 400 in Fulton County
  • No. 21: I-20 at I-285 East in DeKalb County
  • No. 45: I-20 at I-75/I-85 in Atlanta
  • No. 52: I-75 at I-675 in Henry County
  • No. 62: I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector in Atlanta

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