Work will begin Monday on $3.2 million in intersection improvements on SR-53 in Madison County.
The project, which may take about a year to complete, will add left turn lanes at the junctions with Old Railroad Bed, McKee and Harvest roads. The contractor will start by installing new traffic signal poles for upgraded signals at…
The Alabama Department of Transportation opened bids Friday for three north Alabama resurfacing projects totaling more than $9 million.
A nearly six-mile project on US-72 in Jackson County will resurface from CR-42 to east of Crow Creek in Stevenson. Of two bidders, contractor Rogers Group submitted the apparent low bid of $3,930,572.
In Colbert County,…
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Paving on 7 miles of US-431 in Marshall County is now complete. Only final traffic striping, pavement markers, and other minor work items remain on the $6.5 million resurfacing project that stretches from the Etowah County line to SR-75 in Albertville.
Striping is scheduled to begin Monday, April 8, weather permitting. Motorists are advised to…
ALDOT anticipates completing repairs to the approaches to the Parker Road bridge over I-65 in Hartselle and fully reopening the roadway this afternoon.
Due to the earlier-than-expected completion of the Parker Road repair and inclement weather forecast for early next week, ALDOT is rescheduling repairs on Bethel Road at I-65 to this week.
Crews will…
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According to engineering firm AECOM, motorists can expect extra construction activity on I-565 near exit 10 in Madison as contractors start a major concrete pour for the future westbound off-ramp early Wednesday, March 20.
Motorists are advised to reduce speed and remain alert for trucks entering or exiting the median of I-565 near Toyota Field…
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Norfolk Southern will shut down the railroad crossing on SR-77 near US-11 in Attalla at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, for repairs.
The closure will remain in place for about 48 hours.
Norfolk Southern will set up signs for detours, routing traffic south of the closure to I-59, and traffic north of the closure to…
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Poles for the first Alabama Department of Transportation traffic cameras on I-565 in Huntsville and Madison will go up this week.
Weather permitting, contractors will install the concrete poles at eight sites in Limestone and Madison counties over the course of three days — Tuesday, March 19, through Thursday, March 21. Lane closures on I-565…
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ALDOT will repair the approaches to two bridges carrying local roads over I-65 in Morgan County in the coming weeks. Motorists should expect around-the-clock closures of the Parker Road and Bethel Road bridges and approaches for about three days each while work takes place.
Weather permitting, crews will begin repairing the approaches to the Parker…
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Wiregrass Construction will begin paving new right turn lanes on US-72 and Mooresville Road on Monday, March 18, weather permitting. Motorists should expect delays due to outside lane closures at the intersection from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
The $2.1 million project is funded through the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II, a program…
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Work to improve the US-431 railroad crossing near the former Goodyear plant in Gadsden will begin at 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning.
OmniTRAX, operator of the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway, originally planned to begin work today. The ALDOT-administered project will reconstruct the track crossing surface with precast concrete panels and upgrade the railroad signals at…
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