Painting of the Veterans Memorial Bridges on US-431 over the Tennessee River in Guntersville may begin next week.
ALDOT’s contractor, Cekra Inc., will paint the structural steel and rails of both half-mile long bridges. The faded green will be coated with battleship gray. The $6.7 million project will also include repairs to joints on the…
ALDOT opened bids today for a project to paint and repair the Veterans Memorial Bridges on US-431 over the Tennessee River in Guntersville.
Of 11 bidders, contractor Cekra Inc. submitted the apparent low bid of $6,692,309. ALDOT anticipated bids between $11.9 and $14.5 million.
Construction is pending bid review and award of the contract. The…
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New paint will help extend the useful life of what many Huntsville residents refer to as the “useless overpass.”
Cekra Inc., working on a $420,000 contract, will paint the overpass on US-231/SR-53/South Memorial Parkway in Huntsville as well as an overpass on I-759 in Gadsden.
Paint helps protect steel parts of a bridge from…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to perform a nighttime painting project on the Third Avenue East bridge over I-20/59 in Tuscaloosa.
The bridge painting, which is intended to prevent corrosion and rust, is expected to begin Thursday, August 8 and will continue for approximately five weeks, weather permitting.
The contractor is only allowed to…
