Edgewood Avenue Bridge Closure Delayed

OLD FOURTH WARD — The planned replacement of the Edgewood Avenue Bridge, which was was to have started last week, has been delayed until April 3.

The delay was made because of utility work that has to be done before before the replacement of the 200-foot, 107-year-old concrete bridge that connects the Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park neighborhoods.

The $4.5 million replacement is projected to last April 2014 and will close the stretch of Edgewood between Krog and Randolph streets.

Motor vehicle traffic will be detoured around  that affected stretch of Edgewood to a route that goes from Randolph to Irwin to Krog streets, to DeKalb Aveue/Decatur Street to Boulevard.

All nearby businesses, which includes a key shop and tire repair facility, will be open and accessible during construction.

The bridge replacement work is something of a double whammy for motorists who use Edgewood as their main artery into Downtown. That's because the Atlanta Streetcar project's construction work further west on Edgewood is slowing traffic, too.

That work is affecting the portions of Edgewood that run bewteen:

• Courtland Street and Peachtree Center Avenue
• Bell and Jackson streets
• Piedmont Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive