abe hardesty | Anderson Independent Mail

Drivers should expect detours on Interstate 85 in Greenville County on Thursday and Friday nights.

Detours are needed in order to continue with the construction of structures associated with the I-85/385 Gateway Project, according to the South Carolina Department of Transportation.

I-85 South will be detoured at the Exit 51 ramp to the respective collector/distributor lane for deck pan installation on the Gateway Project.

The tentative schedule for the detour is Thursday night and Friday, weather permitting.

The detour will begin at 10 p.m. and will be removed by 5 a.m. the following morning.

Drivers are asked to travel with caution through the Interchange during these times.

Another detour is scheduled for the weekend, when Roper Mountain Road and Chrome Drive traffic will be forced to take alternative routes from 7 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Monday.

Drivers on Roper Mountain traveling toward Garlington Road will be forced off at Gateway Access Road and detoured to Garlington Road. Drivers traveling westbound on Roper Mountain will be forced off at Garlington and detoured to the Gateway Access Road.

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Access to Stoneledge Plantation Apartments will only be from Garlington Road, just north of Roper Mountain Road.

Construction on the Gateway project, which began in February 2016, is scheduled through May 2019.