ANSLEY FRANCO
Traffic is currently backed up for more than five miles on northbound I-85 in Alabama, starting after exit 70 near Cusseta and heading back toward Opelika.
If you are going to Atlanta right now from the Auburn-Opelika area, you should take a detour like US Highway 29 before you get to I-85.
Both lanes are stopped.
A wreck appeared to be the cause of the traffic congestion.
One car flipped upside down in the median, apparently hitting the metal guardrail before plunging into the grass between the north and south sides of the interstate.
A tractor-trailer truck had turned onto its side and had come to a stop, where it was blocking both lanes of traffic. His bumper was ripped off.
With nowhere to go, motorists got out of their cars and walked and talked to each other. A woman had opened an umbrella to protect herself from the sun.
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