Atlanta has three of nation's worst traffic bottlenecks

WASHINGTON - Atlanta has three of the nation&#39;s worst traffic bottlenecks - including two in the top ten.<br> <br> A study by the American Highway Users Alliance finds there are now at least 233 places in the U.S. defined as major bottlenecks - locations where roads simply cannot handle the load. <br> <br> The alliance said there was a 40-percent increase in such spots during the five-year period ending in 2002.<br> <br> In Atlanta, the Interstate 75-85 interchange is listed in sixth place.<br> <br> The ``Spaghetti Junction&#39;&#39; interchange at Interstates 285 and 85 ranked tenth.<br> <br> In 17th place was the I-285 and I-75 interchange.<br> <br> A major bottleneck is defined as a location that caused drivers at least 700,000 hours of delay every year.<br> <br> The worst headaches are in Los Angeles, which has four of the ten most congested interchanges in the nation. The Mount Doom of traffic is where the Ventura Freeway meets Interstate 405. That&#39;s just a few miles from the No. 5 bottleneck, the I-10-San Diego Freeway interchange.<br> <br> Numbers two through four are in Houston, Chicago and Phoenix.

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