Governor Ivey met with Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) crews on Dec. 5 to express her gratitude for their selfless assistance in disaster relief efforts in Florida following Hurricanes Milton and Helene.
“It was a privilege to meet the ALDOT workers who were deployed to Florida to aid in recovery efforts for Hurricane Milton and...
Read More "Governor Ivey expresses gratitude to ALDOT disaster relief crews"The Alabama Department of Transportation opened bids Friday for three north Alabama resurfacing projects totaling more than $9 million.
A nearly six-mile project on US-72 in Jackson County will resurface from CR-42 to east of Crow Creek in Stevenson. Of two bidders, contractor Rogers Group submitted the apparent low bid of $3,930,572.
In Colbert County,…
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Construction of the new US-98 connection to SR-158 at the Mississippi state line is now partially completed and reopened to traffic.
Motorists will no longer need to take previously posted detours. Barricades and detour signage along the project have been removed.
The highly anticipated opening of US-98 at this location will complement the recent…
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Nine people are killed and more than 1,000 are injured every day in distracted driving crashes, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. As April marks Distracted Driving Awareness Month, it is crucial to be aware of the importance of safe and focused driving.
Anything that takes attention away from driving can be a…
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Paving on 7 miles of US-431 in Marshall County is now complete. Only final traffic striping, pavement markers, and other minor work items remain on the $6.5 million resurfacing project that stretches from the Etowah County line to SR-75 in Albertville.
Striping is scheduled to begin Monday, April 8, weather permitting. Motorists are advised to…
Making travel safer, faster and more efficient for both passenger and commercial traffic are the goals of interstate roadway projects. In the southern part of Alabama, current widening projects include I-10 and I-65.
The latest ALDOT interstate project is the widening of approximately 5 miles of both east and westbound lanes of I-10 from March…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to resurface, install guardrail and place new traffic striping on a portion of US-43 in northern Tuscaloosa County from near Northside Road to the Fayette County line to improve mobility and safety.
The 8.5-mile project is expected to begin Wednesday, April 3 and will continue until late summer 2024,…
ALDOT has a new campaign from Drive Safe Alabama called Code of the Road. If you keep your eyes peeled, you’ll see billboards all around the state encouraging drivers to “Click the seat belt, not the like button.” This is in effort to drive down the more than 144,000 crashes happening on Alabama roads.
This…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing US-29 in Troy, Monday, April 1, weather permitting.
Lane closures are expected throughout the project. Travelers should plan accordingly for delays and be mindful of people and equipment in the work zone.
Visit ALGOtraffic.com or download the ALGO Traffic app for real-time traffic and road condition information and…
Traffic on the Chattahoochee River bridge on US-82 in Eufaula will shift to two lanes on Monday, April 1, weather permitting.
The contractor will utilize the traffic shift and reduced lanes to progress work on the project.
All lanes are expected to reopen by July 2024.
The painting and rehabilitation project began in September…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation painting and rehabilitation project on the Benjamin Fitzpatrick Bridge in Tallassee will have periodic lane closures starting Thursday, March 28, 2024, through the month of April 2024.
During this time, the contractor will clean up the paint overspray from the sidewalks along the bridge. The permanent striping will be…
Read More “ALDOT continues Benjamin Fitzpatrick bridge work”
