The Alabama Department of Transportation’s annual State ROADeo took place Wednesday, May 13, in Montgomery, bringing together the Department’s top heavy equipment operators from across the state.
Competitors earned their place at the state event after winning their respective area ROADeo competitions. Once in Montgomery, operators faced a series of precision-based challenges designed to test...
Read More "ALDOT operators put skills to the test at 2026 State ROADeo"An Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) worker was injured Wednesday while performing routine roadside maintenance in Hale County.
The employee was operating a tractor mower along SR-69 north of Greensboro when the mower was struck by a tractor-trailer. The employee was transported to a local hospital for treatment and is expected to recover.
“Our employees…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to resurface SR-219 in Perry County from the Dallas County line to north of the County Road 32 intersection.
The 8.32-mile project is expected to begin Wednesday, June 10 and will continue until fall, weather permitting. A pilot car will guide traffic through the work zone.
Asphalt Contractors…
Miller & Miller today installed bridge girders for the replacement of the northbound half of the US-43/US-72/Mitchell Boulevard bridge over SR-20 in Florence.
The six 137-foot girders — long, horizontal beams that will support the future bridge deck — each weigh 52.3 tons.
With southbound traffic temporarily stopped, a pair of cranes lifted the girders…
ALDOT will close I-65 northbound at Exit 318 at Lacon in Morgan County for one night next week to repair the deck of the northbound bridge over the CSX railroad.
Weather permitting, ALDOT plans to close the northbound roadway about 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, and detour all northbound traffic to US-31.
The closure will…
A $4.7 million project to resurface more than eight miles of SR-24 in western Franklin County will begin late this week or early next week, weather permitting.
The contractor, Rogers Group, will mill and pave the divided four-lane highway from SR-247 to west of CR-21.
Please expect single-lane closures daily. Visit ALGOTraffic.com for real-time traffic updates.
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will host a come-and-go style public involvement meeting at the Enterprise Civic Center to discuss a potential project to add additional lanes on Boll Weevil Circle from Geneva Highway to US-84.
The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. Attendees can view maps…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is proposing to widen I-59/20 between Hueytown and Fairfield.
The two-mile job adding a lane in each direction would stretch from Valley Road to Fairfield Boulevard.
The work would also include replacing two bridges at Aaron Aronov Drive and Valley Road.
Each day, about 70,000 vehicles travel this…
Read More “Public comment period is open for future I-59/20 widening project near Fairfield”
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to conduct a routine inspection of the Woolsey Finnell Bridge in Tuscaloosa on Monday, June 1, and Tuesday, June 2.
Intermittent lane closures are scheduled on US-82 near the bridge from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days, weather permitting. The crew will begin on the westbound side….
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is planning the final total US-280 closure at Pump House Road to set the last two bridge girders.
On Friday, June 5, crews will shut down all US-280 lanes in both directions at Pump House Road at 11 p.m.
Westbound lanes will remain closed through the morning of…
Read More “ALDOT planning final US-280 closure at Pump House Road for bridge girder installation”
On March 30, 2026, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), started an eight-month inspection of the General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge, also known as the “Delta Bridge.” (Some locals have nicknamed it after a very famous country music artist…)
The bridge is more than six miles long and carries four lanes of I-65 traffic across…
Read More “ALDOT inspects the iconic General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge”
