For months, motorists attempting to navigate Stimson Avenue have been greeted by one-way signs and a sea of orange cones as construction crews work on a major overhaul of the roadway.
Now, the project completion date may be moved back a month due to the antiquity of the road â and what lies beneath.
Stimson Avenue was originally built in the 1960s where rail beds had once run from Athens Block to customers across the country and around the world.
Vestiges of that history reappeared recently when the construction crews encountered a mystery pipe system. The system didnât appear on any city maps or Columbia Gas maps, said Athens Mayor Steve Patterson.