Ball Mill Creek Bridge on Spalding Drive to Be Closed For Repair

Beginning Monday, August 15 at noon, the Ball Mill Creek Bridge, located on Spalding Drive will be closed for repairs. City officials were given verbal notification from the Georgia Department of Transportation’s State Bridge Maintenance Unit late on Thursday, August 11 that the bridge required maintenance. It was determined through an underwater inspection that the bridge has an undermining of one of the foundations and requires immediate maintenance.

The bridge is a 34-foot single span steel and concrete bridge constructed in 1929. The condition identified by the Georgia Department of Transportation is repairable through stabilization and does not require replacement of the bridge at this time.

Plans call for the City to retain a specialty contractor to stabilize the bridge. Repair of the bridge is anticipated to commence on Tuesday, August 16 and be completed in six (6) weeks, weather permitting. The suggested detour route is Ball Mill Road to Dunwoody Club Drive from the east and Roberts Drive to Dunwoody Club Drive from the west. The public is asked to use extreme caution and maintain the posted speed limit in the residential areas along the detour route. The detour map includes the primary as well as alternate detour routes.