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Today was the dedication ceremony for the Ashford Dunwoody diverging diamond interchange. I’ve had a few posts about this before, surrounding the opening of the crossovers, and I’m happy to say its doing well. Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle gave a speech along with various other dignitaries. I’m proud to have been involved with this project …
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Yesterday I had two people post links on a Facebook discussion regarding the Ashford Dunwoody diverging diamond. Apparently this drove a lot of traffic. In fact, it upped my site traffic by 1.5 orders of magnitude. So, welcome everyone! Here are the aggregated posts on the diverging diamond, or you can just peruse the blog. …
One of the things that is striking about the Ashford Dunwoody diverging diamond is how you’ll be walking across the road, and from one end of the bridge to the other. We’re putting you in the middle. “What?” you ask, confident that you must have misheard. No. It’s true. As a pedestrian you will be …
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So, to alleviate that fact, I’m going to give you a grab bag! I read John Scalzi’s Red Shirts. I was anticipating this with the high expectations you might expect from a crazy-stalker-fan, mostly due to the five chapters that had been pre-released. Unfortunately, I have to rate this one as “less awesome than expected.” …
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From my sources, Day 2 of the diverging diamond operations are going well. I’ve been on the phone with various people to discuss if there are ways we can change up the striping or signing of the interchange to make it more efficient. After all, this is brand new to all of us and we’ve …
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It seems that things were successful today, the first full working day of the Ashford Dunwoody Diverging Diamond. I was out for the evening rush hour, and with all the caveats that come with “it’ll take a few days to tweak the signals” things worked well. The queues on Ashford Dunwoody cleared very quickly and …
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As of noon o’clock on the first real day of operation, the Ashford Dunwoody Diverging Diamond Interchange is operating well. There are some hiccups, illustrated above. These were expected and are quite normal for this sort of change in traffic control. Why? It has to do with the signals. When the interchange signal at the …
In lieu of an actual post, here are some images. The first (non contractor) vehicle through the interchange was a Honda Civic. There was a small hiccup during the second signal cycle when a driver misinterpreted an arm raised and went the wrong direction. Other vehicles followed. This was the only incident of its kind. …
The Ashford Dunwoody diverging diamond is open to traffic! Congratulations to the contractors, ER Snell and all their subs, for an efficient and effective weekend. Remember that the interchange is not done.There will be barrels and cones and workers and form work for the next month plus. Be careful driving through and watch out for …
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As of last night, the construction during the weekend closure of Ashford Dunwoody bridge was ahead of schedule. With the weather almost perfect for what they needed, the contractor ((E.R. Snell of Lawrenceville)) should have the work completed and the bridge reopened ahead of their 5:00 AM Monday morning deadline. In fact, it should be …
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