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.
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Read More "ALDOT preparing for record year of Alabama airport investment"The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will host a come-and-go style public involvement meeting at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa to discuss a potential intersection improvement and access management project on SR-69 from Mimosa Park Road to the I-20/59 interchange.
The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has won 11 quality pavement awards from the Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA).
ALDOT took home the honors during the 66th annual Quality Pavement Awards at the Association’s Officer Installation Luncheon and Pavement Awards Ceremony on Dec. 12, 2025.
Each year, the Association’s asphalt paving contractors submit paving projects…
The next phase of I-59 widening project in Trussville will affect daily commutes early next week. The upcoming I-59 lane shift will start on the evening of January 6, 2026, weather permitting.
ALDOT is moving traffic to the outside lanes to kick off the job’s northbound construction.
This will impact traffic in the area in…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to replace the SR-14 bridge over the Sipsey River south of Aliceville to improve mobility and safety.
The existing bridge has reached the end of its service life and will be replaced with a modern structure designed to better serve current and future traffic needs.
The project is…
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Alexander City District Administrator Craig Phillips paid his ALDOT dues at a very young age.
He spent one summer as a labor intern as the teen son of a veteran employee
The work ethic he learned was probably more valuable than his wage.
“Started out around $4.25, $4.28, something like that an hour, as a…
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With peak holiday travel season underway, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will have no temporary lane closures on interstate routes from Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 at noon until Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. and from Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025 at noon until Friday, January 2, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
Alabama roadways will…
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ALDOT advises motorists to expect delays for asphalt patching on I-65 between Priceville and Hartselle on additional days this week.
Rogers Group, the contractor on the $16.5 million I-65 resurfacing project, is patching areas that will be resurfaced next year, during the second phase of the project.
Rogers Group will patch parts of the…
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About 17 miles of I-59 in northern Etowah County and southern DeKalb County will close Friday, Dec. 19, for repairs.
A significant segment of the southbound roadway between Reece City and Collinsville is being reconstructed by contractor Vulcan Materials. During the project, both directions of traffic have been sharing the northbound roadway.
For the contractor…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will reopen the I-65 north Exit 168 (South Boulevard) off-ramp by the end of the day Wednesday, Dec. 17.
Crews will begin reopening the off-ramp in the morning and expect to restore the usual traffic pattern by the end of the day.
ALDOT temporarily closed the northbound off-ramp to…
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ALDOT advises motorists to expect delays due to daytime patching on I-65 between Priceville and Hartselle this week.
The $16.5 million project to resurface the entirety of I-65 in Morgan County is halfway complete. The contractor, Rogers Group, and subcontractors recently finished paving the segment of I-65 from Hurricane Creek in Cullman County to just…
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