Savannah's roads are expected to clear by the weekend as GDOT works tirelessly to manage the snowstorm. Residents are advised to stay off icy roads until then.

As snow fall and icy conditions gripped much of Georgia, the Department of Transportation is working overnight to treat roads in all around the state.

A State of Emergency will go into effect at noon Tuesday in the City of Savannah as officials prepare for expected winter weather.

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.

This isn’t the first time Georgia Department of Transportation has prepped roads for winter weather, but GDOT says their methods have improved since the last blast of winter weather Savannah saw, back in 2018.

WAYCROSS, Ga. – The rare winter wonderland in Southeast Georgia continued Wednesday morning after snow began to fall Tuesday night in Waycross. The conditions made traveling on roads hazardous and icy patches forced authorities to close all lanes of I-95 southbound at St. Marys Road (County Road 61).

and I-516 which is in Savannah, Georgia,” Jill Nagel with the Georgia Department of Transportation told Action News Jax on Monday. “They are doing bridges, overpasses, and interchange ramps ...

Georgia DOT advises motorists to drive with extreme caution and stay off the roads if possible. Temperatures expected to rise enough to melt snow Thursday.

While it's stopped snowing, deadly winter weather conditions aren't gone. The National Weather Service is warning of icy roads persisting in Georgia.

The City of Savannah has released a statement ahead of winter weather next week that could produce snow and ice in the area. "In anticipation of forecasted winter weather, the City of Savannah is preparing to standup emergency operations and recommends residents prepare over the weekend.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia Power and the Georgia Department of Transportation are working to keep people safe during Tuesday’s winter storm. “We can’t plow through standstill traffic, so we need everyone off the roads,” said Natalie Dale with GDOT.

Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency for all of Georgia over the next batch of incoming winter weather. Here's what we know.