City has plan to try and help with traffic on Woodruff Road

With the holiday season quickly approaching, and so many shopping destinations on Woodruff Road, city of Greenville officials have released a plan they hope will help allow traffic to move smoothly. Beginning Monday, drivers will not be able to make a left turn between Woodruff Industrial Lane and the Interstate 85 interchange. This measure is expected to remain in place throughout the holiday season. During the weekend of Nov. 25-27 there will also be electronic message boards to provide guidance to drivers. Officials will also closely monitor key intersections, like Magnolia Park and The Shops at Greenridge. Traffic engineers from the South Carolina Department of Transportation have monitored traffic cameras along Woodruff Road to observe traffic patterns and determine when the roadway is most congested. They said the less traveled times of day on Woodruff Road are weekdays between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. and on Saturdays before 10 a.m. Traffic is heaviest on weekdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. into the evening hours. To avoid or minimize delays, officials encourage motorists to plan their trips to Woodruff Road for those times of day when there is less congestion, and to use alternate routes to Woodruff Road, including Roper Mountain Road, Carolina Point Parkway, the recently constructed Market Point Connector Road, Miller Road and Garlington Road.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, and so many shopping destinations on Woodruff Road, city of Greenville officials have released a plan they hope will help allow traffic to move smoothly.

Beginning Monday, drivers will not be able to make a left turn between Woodruff Industrial Lane and the Interstate 85 interchange. This measure is expected to remain in place throughout the holiday season.


During the weekend of Nov. 25-27 there will also be electronic message boards to provide guidance to drivers. Officials will also closely monitor key intersections, like Magnolia Park and The Shops at Greenridge.



Traffic engineers from the South Carolina Department of Transportation have monitored traffic cameras along Woodruff Road to observe traffic patterns and determine when the roadway is most congested.



They said the less traveled times of day on Woodruff Road are weekdays between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. and on Saturdays before 10 a.m.

Traffic is heaviest on weekdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. into the evening hours.

To avoid or minimize delays, officials encourage motorists to plan their trips to Woodruff Road for those times of day when there is less congestion, and to use alternate routes to Woodruff Road, including Roper Mountain Road, Carolina Point Parkway, the recently constructed Market Point Connector Road, Miller Road and Garlington Road.

