GAINESVILLE - The Georgia Department of Transportation will hold a public information open house meeting next week to discuss the proposed replacement of the bridge and the detour required during construction on State Route 246 over the Little Tennessee River in Rabun County. The open house is scheduled for 5:00-7:00 on Tuesday at Dillard City Hall.
GDOT engineers will be available to discuss the project but there will be no formal presentation.
The highway 246 bridge will be closed to through traffic for about two months next spring while crews remove and replace the existing driving surface or bridge deck, the edge beams, end walls, approach slabs and guardrail. Traffic will be rerouted to use Kelly Creek Road and US23/US441. Traffic will be able to access businesses and homes on each side of the bridge but must approach their destination without crossing the bridge.
Georgia 246 (N.C. 106) is the road that connects Rabun County to Highlands, N.C., by way of Sky Valley.
Anyone unable to attend the public information open house may send comments on the project to Glenn Bowman, Georgia DOT, 600 West Peachtree Street, 16th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30308. All comments will be considered in the development of the final project design and must be received by December 10.
After the open house, you can view the displays of the project at the Georgia DOT Area Office located at 4304 Toccoa Highway in Clarkesville. The phone number at the DOT District office is 706-754-9559. Please call and make an appointment to ensure that someone is there to show you the project information.
The plans will also be available online at the DOT website at www.dot.ga.gov. On the home page choose Public Outreach and select the project s County and choose go. A list of DOT projects in that County will appear and you can select the one you d like to view.
Friday
June 20th, 2025
6:33PM
