The Alabama Department of Transportation today announced it has awarded over $700,000 in state funding to thirteen local airports for improvements.
Bessemer Municipal Airport will receive $215,506 from a state grant for airfield pavement maintenance. The airport will provide $71,835 in matching local funds, for a total project value of $287,341.
The Courtland Airport…
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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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ALDOT crews will perform asphalt patching and leveling Wednesday on I-65 northbound in Cullman County just north of the Blount County line.
Crews will close the northbound outside lane from south of Exit 291 (SR-91) to about milepost 294 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Motorists should expect delays or use alternate routes, such as…
The Alabama Department of Transportation will close part of SR-64 in Lauderdale County for a pipe replacement Tuesday, Aug. 27.
Work to replace the pipe under the roadway will begin shortly after 8 a.m. ALDOT anticipates reopening the road that afternoon.
The highway will be closed to all traffic at about milepost 8, just east…
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Contractors installed the last set of bridge girders on the SR-304/Huntsville Brownsferry Road widening project Friday in Limestone County.
The $13.3 million Rebuild Alabama project is transforming more than a mile of the former two-lane county road between US-31 and I-65 into a five-lane state route. The project includes construction of two bridges at Swan…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) today announced it has awarded over $485,000 in state funding to three municipal airports for improvements.
The Auburn University Regional Airport in Auburn will receive $790,844 from the Federal Aviation Administration and $43,935 from a state grant to expand the north terminal area apron. The airport will provide $43,937…
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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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Cranes hoisted the final girder for the new SR-75 bridge at Lakeview into place Monday morning.
The girders – huge steel beams – will support the future bridge deck spanning Town Creek in DeKalb County, east of the Marshall County line.
The final girder was raised into place Monday morning. Bigger and better
The $13.7…
A $2.5 million resurfacing project will start Friday night on US-43/US-72 (Woodward Avenue) in Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals.
Weather permitting, the contractor, Rogers Group, will close the eastbound outside lane throughout the weekend for deep patching. The contractor anticipates reopening the lane early Monday.
Milling to remove the old asphalt surface will begin Sunday…
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Expect a few more weeks of nighttime closures and detours
Contractors will install the final bridge girders for the westbound on-ramp at the I-565 Town Madison Interchange (Exit 10) during the next three to four weeks.
Nighttime roadway closures will be necessary for the safety of the public while the girders — massive steel beams…
