The kind of materials that fed a fire below a metro Atlanta highway overpass that collapsed last year will no longer be stored under state bridges, officials said.
The Georgia Department of Transportation has officially declared that “only non-combustible materials may be stored under bridges,” news outlets reported. The policy was finalized in April following the blaze that destroyed part of Interstate 85 in March 2017.
A department spokeswoman told WSB-TV on Monday the policy was formalized, and includes input from the state fire marshal’s office.
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