Traffic Detour Advisory: Railroad Work on Veterans Memorial Parkway Between US 301 South and Cypress Lake Road Dec 4-8

Georgia Department of Transportation announced a five-day road closure in conjunction with Georgia Southern Railway crossing improvements on US 25 Bypass/Veterans Memorial Parkway west of US 301 intersection in the City of Statesboro.

US 25 Bypass/Veterans Memorial Parkway will be closed at the railroad crossing and traffic detoured from 7 a.m., Monday, December 4 through 6 p.m., Friday, December 8. Georgia DOT crews will install the road closure with a detour in place as vehicular traffic cannot cross the railroad tracks during this work.  The roadway will reopen early if the work is completed ahead of schedule or could possibly be closed longer if weather delays the work.

Motorists will be able to access businesses, schools, and residences in the area up to work zone.

The detour route will be signed as follows:

SR 73/US 301 AT US 301BY/US 25BY/VETERANS MEMORIAL PKWY:

• Traffic will detour 3 miles northbound on SR 73/US 301/US 25/S. Main St. to SR 26/US 80/SR 67/Northside drive, then turn left.  Traffic will travel west on SR 26/US 80/SR 67 for 2.1 miles to SR 25BY/SR67BY/US301BY where the detour ends.

US 301BY/US 25BY/VETERANS MEMORIAL PKWY at SR 73/US 301:

• Traffic will detour 4.2 miles north on SR 25BY/SR67BY/US301BY to SR 26/US 80/SR 67/Northside drive, then turn right. Traffic will travel east for approximately 2.1 miles on SR 26/US 80 to SR 73/US 301/US25/S. Main St., then turn right. Traffic will travel 3 miles south on SR 73/US 301/US 25/S. Main St., where the detour ends.