The Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) Aeronautics Bureau is preparing for another record year of investment in Alabama’s airport system. Recently, ALDOT met with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airports District Office in Jackson, Mississippi, to begin coordinating fiscal year 2027 airport projects and funding priorities between the two agencies.
FY2027 planning process underwayAlabama airports...
Read More "ALDOT preparing for record year of Alabama airport investment"Most drivers are familiar with Alabama’s Move Over Law and understand they must move over or slow down when approaching a stopped police car, fire truck or ambulance displaying emergency lights. What many may not realize is that the law extends far beyond emergency responders.
Alabama’s John Hubbard Move Over Act also protects road maintenance…
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Alabama’s I-20 gateway from Georgia continues receiving a refresh.
Since May 2025, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and its contractors have worked hard to renovate the Welcome Center at Exit 213.
Work began renovating the I-20 Welcome Center in May 2025.
A year later, the $12M improvements are in full view.
In addition to…
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Expect interstate ramp closures in the Gadsden area on upcoming dates for maintenance paving by ALDOT.
The planned closures, and suggested alternate routes follow:
On Thursday June 11, ALDOT will shut down the I-59 northbound ramp to I-759 eastbound at Exit 182 from 8:30 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Northbound I-59 traffic can continue to…Read More “Gadsden interstate ramp closures planned for paving”
The Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) Aeronautics Bureau is preparing for another record year of investment in Alabama’s airport system. Recently, ALDOT met with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airports District Office in Jackson, Mississippi, to begin coordinating fiscal year 2027 airport projects and funding priorities between the two agencies.
FY2027 planning process underway
Alabama airports…
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Widening to add lanes on SR-53 in the Harvest area of Madison County will soon begin.
The $5.3 million project will expand the highway to five lanes for about one mile, from Taurus Drive, just north of Jeff Road, to Harvest Road. This segment of SR-53 carries about 19,000 vehicles daily.
Additionally, the project…
Nighttime resurfacing of four miles of US-431 in Albertville will begin the evening of Sunday, June 14, weather permitting.
Rogers Group, the contractor on the $3 million project, will mill and pave the divided four-lane highway from south of SR-75 at Miller Street to Brashers Chapel Road.
Nightly lane closures
Motorists should expect single-lane closures…
Contractors will begin daytime lane closures Monday, June 8, on the I-85 resurfacing project in Montgomery.
Intermittent lane closures will be in place on I-85 northbound and southbound from Ann Street to Eastern Boulevard.
The lane closures will occur daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for crews to apply a high-density mineral bond to…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to resume nighttime resurfacing on Skyland Boulevard (US-11) starting Monday, June 8. The project will continue from McFarland Boulevard (US-82) to Pleasant Hill Drive in Tuscaloosa.
The project will also include left-turn lane lengthening and enhancements at Hargrove Road, Palisades Drive and Cypress Creek Avenue.
The contractor previously…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is finishing its two-mile resurfacing project on a busy stretch of I-59/20.
In February, crews began the job to smooth out the interstate between Fairfield Boulevard and Valley Road.
This was the driving surface condition of I-59/20 near Fairfield in January 2026.
Drivers are now enjoying the newly finished…
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…
