East Cobb traffic update: Overturned tanker spills fuel on Roswell Road at Loop

UPDATED, 2:10 P.M. Saturday:

Marietta Police say that all roads have now reopened.

ORIGINAL STORY:

It’s been a very messy morning stretching into the afternoon on Saturday at Roswell Road and the Marietta Parkway, with most of that intersection having been closed for several hours.

According to Marietta Police, a tanker truck on Roswell Road overturned near the Loop underpass before 8 a.m., leaking fuel onto the road.

Both lanes of traffic on Roswell Road had been closed most of the morning, as had northbound traffic on the Loop.

Police sent out a message at 1 p.m. stating that Roswell Road eastbound still remains closed as cleanup and investigative work continues. (The Georgia 511 screengrab above shows the scene at 1:14 p.m.

Traffic in both directions on the Loop also is open.

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Roswell Road closed between Powers Ferry and Lower Roswell

Roswell Road closed, 9.4.19

Marietta Police sent out this message a little after 3:30 this afternoon:

Roswell Road is closed between Powers Ferry Road and Lower Roswell Road due to a downed power pole.

The downed power lines are blocking all lanes of traffic and repair crews are on the scene.

Suggested alternate routes include the Marietta Loop.

We’ll update when we get more information.

 

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