Each year, employees from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) cut down, haul, install and help decorate the official state Christmas tree that sits at the top of the Capitol steps facing Dexter Avenue in Montgomery.
The State of Alabama’s official Christmas tree for the 2025 holiday season. ALDOT employees cut down the tree at...Read More "ALDOT brings official state Christmas tree from Fitzpatrick, Ala."Beginning Monday, Sept. 15, a section of CR-49 in Geneva County will be closed until Friday, Sept. 19.
The contractor for the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Rebuild Alabama project to widen SR-52 will close the section to complete the new CR-49 connector across SR-52.
Travelers should seek alternate routes and plan accordingly for possible delays.
…Read More “CR-49 in Geneva County temporarily closed for SR-52 project”
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is advising motorists of an overnight lane closure on US-84 that will take place Wednesday, September 17th beginning at 8:30 p.m.
A superload will be transported from a barge in Jackson to a site off County Road 39 near Claiborne. Motorists can expect closures on US-84 to take place…
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New Blount County triple roundabout upgrades are designed to lower the number of serious wrecks at the busy intersections on SR-160 near I-65 (Exit 284).
For years, those interchanges kept Hayden police officers busy.
Since the department’s inception in 2019, responding to crashes on the roadway became a regular duty.
A new series of roundabouts…Read More “Triple roundabout upgrades safety at Blount County interchanges”
A US-231 resurfacing project in Troy will begin soon. The contractor began installing signs this week in preparation for the start of the project.
The project will include resurfacing, guardrail installation, and traffic stripe on US-231 from US-29 to Diamond Drive in Troy.
Motorists are advised to plan accordingly for delays and to be…
The Bibb Graves Bridge in downtown Wetumpka is reopened ahead of schedule.
The bridge had been closed to traffic since Tuesday, Sept. 2 to make repairs that were sustained on Aug. 15.
ALDOT awarded the contract for repairs to Newell & Bush, Inc., out of Montgomery, Ala., who completed the job in four days.
ALDOT…
A US-80 resurfacing project in Selma begins Monday, Sept. 8.
The project includes resurfacing, guardrail installation, and traffic striping on US-80 from the Edmund Pettis Bridge to CR-43.
The project will have intermittent lane closures so drivers should plan accordingly for possible delays.
ALDOT urges drivers to drive the posted speed limit and be mindful of…
Read More “US-80 resurfacing project in Selma begins Monday”
As the City of Jackson’s ATRIP-II project advances, motorists should be aware of the following traffic changes:
On Friday, Sept. 5, a traffic shift will take place: The newly re-constructed ramp from northbound US-43 to SR-69 will open. All traffic, both northbound and southbound, will be required to use this ramp. The ramp leading from…Read More “Traffic shift on SR-69 in Jackson begins September 5th”
Work began today to add a finishing touch to the resurfacing of US-431 north of Guntersville in Marshall County.
Venture Construction, a subcontractor for Vulcan Materials on the $6.8 million project, is applying a high friction surface treatment to parts of the highway through Lucas Gap, south of Cathedral Caverns Highway.
High friction surface treatments…
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Expect nighttime lane closures on I-65 for installation of traffic camera poles to expand ALDOT’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Morgan and Limestone counties.
The $2.5 million advanced corridor management project with contractor Ozark Safety Services extends from Exit 334 at SR-67 in Priceville to Exit 354 at US-31 in Athens.
Lane closures
Weather permitting,…
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The ALDOT Aeronautics bureau grant program does more than distribute funds, it carefully coordinates a process that helps Alabama’s airports grow and meet the needs of their local communities.
At the heart of this effort is the annual airport funding cycle. Developed with input from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), airport directors and engineering consultants,…
Read More “How ALDOT’s Aeronautics bureau supports Alabama airports”
