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Rhule Compares Panthers O-Line to I-85: ‘We’re Beneath Construction’

- by Sergio Torian

Tuesday afternoon, information broke that the Carolina Panthers had traded previous 2nd spherical draft select Greg Minimal to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a 2022 7th round decide. The shift itself wasn’t all that stunning as Minor seemed to be on his way out immediately after getting struggled the to start with two a long time of his vocation and with the additions that had been produced to the line such as Cameron Erving and Brady Christensen.

For whichever rationale, points just did not appear to work out for Minimal in Carolina. Accidents experienced anything to do with it as well but when he was wholesome, he was not producing and there were no indications of him getting a variable for the Panthers up front anytime before long.

“I want him the greatest,” head coach Matt Rhule mentioned several hours following the trade. “He could just be just one of these guys that just will need a alter of surroundings — I hope for his sake and we are wishing him almost nothing but the best shifting forward. It just in no way really fairly worked out. I am a single of all those men that always believes that men are likely to go on to enhance and get better. I feel he is been carrying out that, he is been functioning. Just figured that this was the best go for us just to enable him go forward and go somewhere else, a position that required him, and recoup

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I-285, Georgia 400, I-85 updates

- by Sergio Torian

I-285/Ga. 400 interchange

Details: GDOT has been rebuilding the interchange connecting two of metro Atlanta’s busiest highways since 2017. The project also includes new lanes and bridges on both highways.

Cost: $800 million.

Timeline: The interchange will open to traffic by the end of the year.

ExploreAERIAL PHOTOS: New I-285/Ga. 400 interchange to open by the end of the year

What’s next: In a few weeks, GDOT will begin construction of I-285 bridges over Glenridge Drive, Ga. 400 and Peachtree Dunwoody Road. That construction will require I-285 to be reduced from five lanes to three in each direction from Roswell Road to Ashford Dunwoody Road. The reduction in lanes will continue through the end of the year. It could be a major traffic headache.

More information: https://transform285400-gdot.hub.arcgis.com/

I-85 widening, Phase 2

Details: One new lane in each direction from Ga. 53 in Braselton to just north of U.S. 129 in Jefferson.

Cost: $106 million

Timeline: Construction began in April and will finish in 2023.

What’s next: GDOT expects to begin construction on a third phase of I-85 widening — from U.S. 129 to U.S. 441 — next year.

More information: https://majormobilityga.com/projects/i85wideningphase2/

July 22, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows Ga. 400 (R-Northbound, L-Southbound), where toll lanes will be built on Thursday, July 22, 2021. North Springs MARTA station is shown on right. Sixteen miles of toll lanes stretching from the North Springs MARTA station to about one mile north of McFarland Parkway in Fulton and Forsyth counties. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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July 22, 2021 Sandy Springs – Aerial photo shows Ga. 400 (R-Northbound, L-Southbound), where toll lanes will be built on Thursday, July 22, 2021. North Springs MARTA station is shown on right. Sixteen miles of toll lanes stretching from the North Springs MARTA station to about one mile north of McFarland Parkway in Fulton and Forsyth counties.

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