{"id":212386,"date":"2024-12-11T09:12:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=212386"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:14:43","slug":"why-was-ball-ground-highway-in-cherokee-county-shut-down-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/traffic\/why-was-ball-ground-highway-in-cherokee-county-shut-down-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Was Ball Ground Highway in Cherokee County Shut Down Last Night?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ball Ground Highway was unexpectedly closed last night following damage to power lines and a utility pole near York Drive and Green Drive. The closure caused delays and rerouted traffic in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Happened:<\/strong> The damage prompted crews to shut down the highway to ensure public safety while repairs were underway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheriff&#8217;s officials say the disruption was caused when a driver struck a utility pole bringing power lines down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current Situation:<\/strong> As of this morning, the highway is reopened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball Ground Highway was unexpectedly closed last night following damage to power lines and a utility pole near York Drive and Green Drive. The closure caused delays and rerouted traffic in the area. What Happened: The damage prompted crews to shut down the highway to ensure public safety while repairs were underway. Sheriff&#8217;s officials say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":212387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[16719],"class_list":["post-212386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-ball-ground-highway","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}