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The Capt. William J. Hudson (Steamboat Bill) Memorial Bridge on US-31 over the Tennessee River in Decatur.

New and improved lighting will soon illuminate the US-31 bridge and causeway crossing the Tennessee River in Decatur.

Work by the City of Decatur’s contractor to replace roadway lighting on northbound US-31 will require lane closures next week. Weather permitting, Shoals Electric will close the outside northbound lane from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily,…

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Norfolk Southern plans to reroute eastbound traffic while repairing this rail crossing on SR-20 just west of SR-67 in Decatur. on Wednesday, April 9.

Norfolk Southern plans to repair the rail crossing on SR-20 just west of SR-67 in Decatur on Wednesday, April 9, if weather permits.

Repairs will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

During the repair, a short segment of the eastbound SR-20 roadway will be closed. Eastbound traffic will be diverted to one lane…

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I-65 in Morgan County is set to be resurfaced, starting this summer. ALDOT opened bids for the project today.

ALDOT opened bids today for a project to resurface 23.4 miles of I-65, including the entirety of the interstate through Morgan County.

Of three bidders, contractor Rogers Group submitted the apparent low bid of $16,120,000. ALDOT anticipated bids between $14.7 and $17.9 million.

Construction is pending bid review and award of the contract. ALDOT anticipates work…

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At the ALDOT Traffic Management Center in Huntsville, Fred Foulks keeps an eye on traffic and another eye on the incoming winter storm. The TMC will remain staffed throughout the storm.

ALDOT’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) provides information to motorists to help them make better travel decisions during severe weather events such as the approaching winter storm Cora.

Cora threatens to coat much of the state in snow and ice and produce widespread travel impacts when it arrives Friday, Jan. 9, and throughout the weekend. The…

Read More “If you travel during winter weather, travel intelligently — ALDOT has tools to help”

Workers prepare an area of the northbound I-65 bridge deck for repair.

The contractor on the I-65 Tennessee River Bridge rehabilitation project made significant progress during around-the-clock lane closures the last two weekends. Cekra completed concrete repairs to the northbound bridge deck far ahead of schedule.

More around-the-clock lane closures, originally planned for the remaining two weekends in October, won’t be necessary.

No more daytime lane closures…Read More “I-65 bridge weekend lane closures canceled; deck repairs completed early”

To rehabilitate the Tennessee River Bridges, the contractor, Cekra, first rigged scaffolding to access work areas.

Motorists should expect single-lane closures for rehabilitation work on the northbound I-65 Tennessee River Bridge each weekend in October, beginning this Friday.

The contractor will close the outside lane about 6 p.m. on Fridays and reopen it about 5 a.m. on Mondays.

Please expect delays on the northbound roadway during the weekends. Plan additional…

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At the western project limit on SR-20 in Decatur, the pavement to be replaced by the project, right, contrasts with pavement placed in a previous project in 2019, left.

A project to resurface part of SR-20 in Decatur will start Sunday evening, if weather permits.

Grayson Carter & Son Contracting will mill, patch, and repave more than a mile of the highway from west of 12th Avenue Northwest to the bridge over the CSX railroad.

The contractor will work between 6 p.m. and 6…

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Westbound traffic will be transitioned to the eastbound inside lane while Norfolk Southern repairs this rail crossing on SR-20 just west of SR-67 in Decatur.

A short section of the westbound lanes of SR-20 in Decatur will close Tuesday for railroad crossing repairs.

Weather permitting, Norfolk Southern plans to repair the crossing just west of SR-67/Beltline Road beginning at 8 a.m.

Westbound traffic will be temporarily shifted to the inside eastbound lane. Motorists are advised to expect delays due to…

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