As snow fall and icy conditions gripped much of Georgia, the Department of Transportation working overnight to treat roads in Atlanta, and Central, Southern and coastal parts of the state.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) began treating roads with brine Sunday morning ahead of possible wintry weather.GDOT said in a press release that crews are applying brine – a solution of salt and water used to decrease the probability of freezing – to interstates,

ATLANTA — Wednesday came and went and brought with it sunshine and slightly higher temperatures, melting off some of the ice that made roads so tricky in the morning following Tuesday's snowfall around much of metro Atlanta -- but not all of it, and some roads in the more heavily-impacted parts of the region remain hazardous on Thursday morning.

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency as temperatures in the Peach State are expected to be below freezing on Tuesday. It comes as crews with the Georgia Department of Transportation brined the roads across Georgia. The state of emergency will run through Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Crews with the Georgia Department of Transportation are out pre-treating roads with brine around the clock, trying to stay ahead of the below freezing temperatures over the next few days and the potential road hazards that could bring.

Atlanta residents woke up to sunny skies, icy roads, single-digit wind chills and a second day of widespread school and office closings on Wednesday after a winter storm blanketed the city in snow for the second time in two weeks.

ATLANTA — Due to winter weather that could potentially cause hazardous conditions, the Georgia Department of Transportation has shut down use of express lanes on Interstate 75. The closures will impact express lanes on the I-75 northwest corridor and the I-75 south metro areas.

This storm system is so big, so unpredictable at this time, and the temperatures are going to be so extreme,” said Dale.

The winter storm that hit large parts of Georgia Tuesday is over, but state Department of Transportation crews were continuing to treat and plow roads Wednesday in areas that haven’t seen significant snow in decades.

The Georgia Department of Transportation spent Sunday protecting roadways by sending 31 bucket trucks out to brine interstates throughout Georgia, including I-95 in Glynn and Camden counties.

Georgia would boost spending by $4.4 billion in the last three months of the current budget year under the spending plan released by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Wednesday temperatures are not expected to climb much above freezing, leaving little opportunity for the snow that froze overnight to melt.