Bridge at I-85 and Pleasant Hill Road Reopens Sunday at Noon

The Gwinnett County Department of Transportation reopened the new Diverging Diamond Interchange at the Pleasant Hill Road bridge over I-85 in the Duluth area Sunday (June 9). This is ahead of the previously announced scheduled opening of 5 a.m. Monday.

The bridge began opening up to traffic at 11 a.m. and was expected to be fully open by noon with the DDI configuration.

Motorists will no longer have to detour around the bridge, which was closed Friday at 9 p.m.

The DDI design allows traffic to shift to the opposite side of the bridge, which will make left turns onto the interstate easier and improve the flow of traffic across the bridge. 

For information on how to drive the diamond, including a video rendering of the completed project, visit www.gwinnettDDI.com.

Construction on other aspects of the project will continue until the fall.

Funding for this project is bring provided by the 2009 SPLOST sales tax program, Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District and State Road and Tollway Authority.

~ Duluth Patch