Last weekend, the Georgia DOT finally opened the new lanes on US 19/GA 400 southbound from McFarland Parkway (Exit 12) to Windward Parkway (Exit 11).

The lane configuration is 3 main travel lanes and 2 far right-hand lanes that only run as follows...

- McFarland Parkway entrance ramp to Windward Parkway exit ramp.
- Windward Parkway entrance ramp to GA 120/Old Milton Parkway.

GDOT still has some overhead signs to install, plus they are building noise barrier walls all the way from McFarland to the Chattahoochee River. Speaking of the walls, its interesting to see them being built and some of the signs that would otherwise be behind them, especially newer signs such as the "Holcomb Bridge Rd West/East" sign between the Chattahoochee and Holcomb Bridge (GA 140) exits 7A and 7B. Hopefully, GDOT will not keep them there, but we'll see.

If I get an opportunity, I'll get the new southbound lanes on a future "ROADGEEK-CAM!!!", which BTW, has 2 new URLs for direct access...

www.roadgeek-cam.com
www.roadgeekcam.com

Either URL will take you directly to the "ROADGEEK-CAM!!!" section of "The Georgia Road Geek".

Finally, here's a "shout out" to fellow ham Marshall of Kennesaw. This afternoon as we were talking on the Atlanta Radio Club repeater (146.82-), he asked me about those signs you see that have a picture of the rear of a truck with a green circle around it and "STAA" under it. I explained to him that "STAA" stood for "Surface Transportaton Assistance Act" and the signs were placed on non-Interstate corridors designed "STAA truck routes". On these designated routes, so-called "oversized" trucks (tandem trailer and larger single trailer trucks) are allowed to travel. Marshall, thanks for asking and I always appreciate our QSOs.

For a GDOT map showing STAA truck routes, NHS, GRIP and other strategic corridors in Georgia, please click here.

That's it for now. Thanks for reading and visiting, and please come back often.