{"id":228816,"date":"2025-08-10T15:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=228816"},"modified":"2025-08-10T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:07:37","slug":"marietta-highway-shut-down-in-canton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=228816","title":{"rendered":"Marietta Highway Shut Down in Canton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marietta Highway is closed tonight between Univeter Road and Ridge Road in Canton while crews from Georgia Power work alongside police. The closure is expected to last until around 9 p.m., forcing drivers to detour through surrounding streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\uded1 <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> This stretch is a main east-west artery for commuters and commercial traffic. Even short-term closures can ripple through surrounding neighborhoods, slowing travel well beyond the immediate work zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udea6 <strong>What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canton Police are assisting Georgia Power with what\u2019s likely utility repair or maintenance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drivers should plan extra time or avoid the area entirely until the road reopens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Between the Lines:<\/strong> While the official alert cites a reopening time, utility work often runs long. The safe bet is to expect delays into the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Source:<\/strong> Canton Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:2rem;margin:0;height:100%\" class=\"wp-block-beauty-box-main-box\"><div class=\"beauty_block_inner_box\" style=\"background-color:#7c503c;transform:skew(0deg, 0deg);top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;width:100%;border-radius:0px\"><\/div><div class=\"beauty_block_content_box\">\n[mailerlite_form form_id=48]\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marietta Highway is closed tonight between Univeter Road and Ridge Road in Canton while crews from Georgia Power work alongside police. The closure is expected to last until around 9 p.m., forcing drivers to detour through surrounding streets. \ud83d\uded1 Why It Matters: This stretch is a main east-west artery for commuters and commercial traffic. Even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":228817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"large","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":[16836,18777,18186],"class_list":["post-228816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-current","tag-marietta-highway","tag-road-closure","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}