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.

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.

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 — Travelers are being warned to stay off the roads following snowfall around Atlanta on Tuesday. The continuing cold snap iced over any roads that haven't been cleared. A Georgia Department of Transportation notice said due to the inclement weather, "motorists need to stay off the roads."

Georgia Power and the Georgia Department of Transportation were working to keep people safe during Tuesday’s winter storm. “We can’t plow through standstill traffic, so we need everyone off the roads,

For the second time in less than two weeks, millions in the metro area are bracing for another assault of snow and sub-freezing temperatures.

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.

ATLANTA - As a winter storm approaches, both the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the city of Atlanta are taking proactive measures to ensure public safety. GDOT crews have already been dispatched to brine interstates and other critical routes.

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.

Georgia officials have been urging drivers to steer clear of the roads as ice and snow continued to come down all across metro Atlanta and South Georgia.

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