Georgia Wants To Build Truck-Only Highway, But Is It Worth It?

Afori Pugh drives his flatbed truck from metro Atlanta to Macon every few weeks and feels the truck-only highway would make the interstate safer for truckers like him.

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The Georgia Department of Transportation is working on building a separate highway for trucks only: No cars allowed. It’d be the first highway of its kind in the United States, stretching 40 miles from metro Atlanta to Macon.

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Atlanta-area truckers and industry groups said they’re excited, but the estimated cost is raising eyebrows.