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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Total contracts approach $240 million
ALDOT opened bids today for an I-59 reconstruction project to replace and rehabilitate parts of the aging southbound roadway in DeKalb County. The project is expected to push the total of contracts for the corridor’s reconstruction to nearly $240 million.
The project is the sixth in an ongoing effort to…
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Another four-mile segment of I-59 northbound in DeKalb County will close for reconstruction as a $41 million project enters its second phase.
Weather permitting, contractor Wiregrass Construction will shift traffic from the northbound roadway to the inside lane of the southbound roadway north of Hammondville either this afternoon or Tuesday, Dec. 2. The shift will…
ALDOT will convert the intersection of US-431 and Buck Island Drive in Guntersville to a Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) intersection to improve safety.
The RCUT plan includes installing channelizing curbs and flexible posts on Buck Island Drive and in the median crossover to prevent left turns from the side street. Instead, drivers will make a…
The new SR-247 bridge over Little Bear Creek northeast of Red Bay in Franklin County opened to traffic today.
Riley Bridge Company substantially completed the $3.3 million project in slightly more than a year. The project included demolition of a 1963 bridge and construction of a wider, safer bridge in its place.
Part of the…
Traffic on SR-273/Blue Pond Road in Cherokee County will cross via a temporary bridge during replacement of the bridge over Daniels Branch, north of Leesburg.
A short diversion road connects the temporary bridge to the highway. The bridge over Daniels Branch was constructed 100 years ago.
The $5.7 million project to demolish and replace the…
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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A four-mile segment of the reconstructed northbound I-59 roadway near the Georgia state line opened to traffic today. The opening marks the halfway point for a $41 million project to reconstruct part of I-59 in DeKalb County.
The roadway opening between mileposts 237 and 241 included reopening the northbound on- and off-ramps of Exit 239…
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ALDOT advises motorists to expect daytime delays due to paving on US-72 East in Huntsville. Rogers Group will pave at the US-72 intersections with Shields Road and Moores Mill Road in Huntsville starting Thursday, Nov. 6.
Most paving on the $4 million, 6.5-mile resurfacing project from Moores Mill Road to east of the Flint River…
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ALDOT crews will make drainage improvements at the intersection of US-31 and SR-99/Elm Street in Athens on Tuesday, Nov. 4, weather permitting.
US-31 northbound will be closed between SR-99 and I-65. Traffic intending to travel north on US-31 will be rerouted to US-72 and I-65.
Work will start about 8 a.m. ALDOT anticipates reopening US-31…
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