ALDOT opened bids Friday, June 27, for a project to improve operations on SR-35 near I-59 in Fort Payne.
Of three bidders, contractor Wiregrass Construction submitted the apparent low bid of $4,997,900.
Project details
The project features improvements to increase the functionality of the SR-35 intersections with Jordan Road/Airport Road, the I-59 interchange ramps at Exit 218,…
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Several miles of the aging concrete I-59 roadway in southern DeKalb County and northern Etowah County closed this week for reconstruction.
The five-mile segment of I-59 southbound near the Stephens Gap Road overpass, north of Reece City, will remain closed about a year. Following substantial completion of this segment, Vulcan Materials, the contractor on the…
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ALDOT will close part of SR-211/Noccalula Road in Gadsden for tree cutting Wednesday, April 23.
The department anticipates work beginning about 9 a.m. and concluding before noon. Crews will remove a few dead trees from the state right-of-way.
Barricades will be positioned at the I-59 (Exit 188) interchange on the north end of the closure…
Weather permitting, Monday night, March 31, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will shift lanes on I-59 southbound toward the outside, right shoulder. Travel lanes will also be narrowed. This condition will be in place from Exit 141 (Chalkville Mountain Road) to Exit 137 (I-149 Interchange). Two lanes will remain open in both directions other…
A major resurfacing project on I-59 in the Gadsden area will start the evening of Sunday, Feb. 23, weather permitting. ALDOT advises motorists to expect lane closures from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights.
The $7.9 million project with contractor Vulcan Materials will include milling and resurfacing of both roadways from the…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation opened bids last week for a project to reconstruct nearly 11 miles of I-59 southbound between Collinsville and Reece City.
ALDOT projects rebuilt multiple segments of I-59 northbound in DeKalb and Etowah counties in recent years. These include two completed projects and two that remain under construction. The project let…
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On October 17 at 10 a.m., the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will begin a significant infrastructure project aimed at reconstructing and expanding a critical segment of I-59 in Jefferson County from the I-459 Interchange in Birmingham to Chalkville Mountain Road in Trussville, Alabama.
This extensive project begins at I-459 near Edwards Lake Road and…
A contractor will close part of I-59 northbound in DeKalb County near the Georgia state line this afternoon for a $41 million roadway reconstruction project.
Northbound traffic will transition to one lane of the southbound roadway via a crossover about five miles north of Hammondville. For 4.5 miles, concrete barriers will separate single lanes of…
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Another segment of I-59 northbound in DeKalb County will soon close for reconstruction.
Contractors will remove and replace the entire northbound roadway from about milepost 229.5, north of Exit 224 (49th Street) in Fort Payne, to milepost 229, south of Exit 231 (SR-40/SR-117) in Hammondville.
The contractor, A.G. Peltz Group, anticipates shifting all traffic to…
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A four-mile segment of reconstructed I-59 northbound in DeKalb County opened to traffic this morning. It includes the northbound Exit 231 ramps at SR-40/SR-117 in Hammondville.
Contractor A.G. Peltz Group replaced the old roadway with a new concrete roadway between milepost 229 and milepost 233.5. This concludes the first phase of a $40.8 million project…
