More traffic detours coming to Appling-Harlem Highway, I-20 due to construction

Miguel Legoas, Augusta Chronicle
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Further delays are expected as construction continues at the interchange of Interstate 20 and Appling-Harlem Highway.

Georgia Department of Transportation noted via Facebook that starting Dec. 8, northbound trucks will not be able to use the westbound on-ramp to I-20 and will need to follow the detour at Pumpkin Center in Harlem that goes to Thomson on SR 221. Northbound passenger vehicles will be able to use the westbound on-ramp.

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Before the traffic shift, southbound vehicles on US 221 had to use the Pumpkin Center detour and use that roundabout to come around and access the eastbound on-ramp to I-20.

This is part of the ongoing project to improve and replace parts of the interchange. The project is expected to be "substantially completed" by the end of December.

This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Construction at I-20, US 221: Traffic detours starting Dec. 8