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80 roads down in Newton
Hurricane Irma - City Pond Road

Dozens of emergency and public works crews from around Newton County are working on clearing 80 roads Tuesday in the aftermath of Tropical Storm force winds that came through the county from Hurricane Irma.

Twenty Newton County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) deputies,  seven Newton County Fire Services teams and four Public Works crews are working on repairing power lines and clearing trees and debris from roadways.

Here is the full list of out-of-service roads as of Tuesday morning and the cause for the blockage:

Covington

90 WB on ramp – tree down

Berry St SW – tree down

City Pond Rd NE & Bob Williams Pkwy – tree down

City Pond Rd NE & Alcovy Rd NE – lines down & traffic signals out           

Settlers Grove & Hwy 142 NE – entrance, tree down

Pinecrest Dr SW & Monticello St SW – lines down

4196 Monticello St SW – tree and lines down

Oxford         

1008 N Emory St – tree & lines down

Carlton Trail & Moores Rd – lines down     

300 block N Emory St – lines down

Porterdale

151 Riverfront Rd – tree on lines

North 3/4

Mcmahon & Alcovy Rd – road taped off, lines down      

Mcmahon & Hazelbrand – lines down

Hazelbrand Rd & Alcovy Trestle – tree down

City Pond & Stewart Dr – lines & trees down

City Pone & Moores Ln – lines & trees down

900 Boogers Hill Rd – tree on lines

Hightower Trl & Ashland Farm Rd – service line dead

125 Old Hwy 138 – tree on power line

Cornish Mtn & Flat Rock Rd – lines & trees down

70 Evelyn Rd – lines & trees down

250 Haynes Creek Cir – tree & line down

2006 Mount Zion Rd – lines & tree down

Gum Creek Cir – tree & line down

170 River Ridge Trl – tree & line down

1219 W Macedonia Church Rd – lines down

Almon Church Rd – lines down over RR tracks

Cook Rd near Almond – trees on lines

East 5/6

Hwy 229 & Skyview Dr – tree down

3515 W 2nd Ave – lines down

Hwy 142 E & Hays Pond – tree in rdwy

Hwy 142 E & Russell Dr – tree in rdwy

646 Hwy 229 – lines down

Piper Rd – lines down

Henderson Mill & Davis Ford Rd – tree down

205 Five Oaks Dr – lines down

Dixie Rd near 142 – tree down

Dixie Rd & Morgan Rd – tree & line down

Hwy 142 & 213 – tree down

Hwy 142 & 11 – tree down

Woodlawn & Mount Moriah Rd – tree down

Dukes Rd & Kellogg St – tree down

McGuirts Bridge Rd – tree down

Elks Club Rd near 278 – tree on line, lines hanging low

West 1/2

3657 Hwy 81 S & Livingston – DOT notified

4593 Hwy 81 S – lines down

Shoals Creek Rd – line & tree down

Ga Hwy 20 S at Henry Co line – tree & line down

Ga Hwy 20 S & Oak Hill W – lines down

Saddlebrook & Womack Rd – tree & lines down

14045 Brown Bridge Rd – tree & line down

Wilson Rd & Fields Creek Way – tree down

Kirkland Rd & Overlook Dr – tree down

McGiboney Rd & Brown Bridge Rd – tree down

Wisteria Way – tree down

Covered Bridge Rd & Arthurs Ln – tree down

Brown Bridge Rd & Crowell Rd – lines down

Almon Rd & Crowell Rd – traffic signal out

South 7/8    

195 Hunters Ridge Dr – tree on lines

234 Lackey Rd – tree down

Pickett Bridge & Hwy 162 – tree down

Parr Farm & Pleasant Hills – lines down

Campbell Rd & Savoy Park – tree & line down

270 Chestnut Dr – line down

60 Brynlyn Way – tree & line down

Channing Cope & Rocky Plains – tree down

Rocky Plains & Lower River Rd – tree down

Richards Chapel Rd – tree down

Hwy 212 & Island Shoals Rd – tree on line

145 Hickory Ln – tree down on lines

Taunton Rd & Flat Shoals Rd – tree down

 

Updates

669 Fincher Rd – line down

Newton Dr NE & Dearing St – line down in rdwy

366 Miller Rd – line and pole down

Nelson St & Main St (Newborn) – low hanging lines

N Johnson St & Hwy 142 N – low hanging lines

Pitts Chapel Rd – low hanging lines, emerg vehs unable to pass through

722 Cook Rd – power pole broken