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Jun 24

All lanes of SR-304/Huntsville Brownsferry Road now open

Workers remove drums from the center turn lane of SR-304/Huntsville Brownsferry Road. The widening project is substantially completed and all lanes are now open.

All lanes of SR-304/Huntsville Brownsferry Road in Limestone County are now open to traffic.

The $13.3 million Rebuild Alabama project reconstructed the two-lane county road as a five-lane state highway between US-31 and I-65. ALDOT widened the overpass on SR-304 at I-65 Exit 347 in an earlier $2.8 million project. The state has invested a…

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Jun 12

Part of I-59S closes for reconstruction in DeKalb, Etowah counties

Five miles of I-59 southbound between Collinsvile and Reece City closed this week for reconstruction. Traffic is rerouted to the northbound roadway.

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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Dec 13

Bids opened for I-59 southbound reconstruction in DeKalb, Etowah counties

A segment of I-59 near Hammondville is undergoing reconstruction. While contractors removed and replace the pavement on one roadway, traffic is shifted to the inside of the opposing roadway via crossovers like the one visible at center.

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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Sep 03

I-59N closing, traffic shifting near Georgia line

The I-59 on- and off-ramps at Exit 239 (CR-140) at Sulphur Springs will be closed to traffic.

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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Aug 14

I-59 reconstruction north of Fort Payne to switch traffic

Crossovers have been constructed for the transition of traffic to and from the southbound I-59 roadway. This crossover will return traffic to the northbound roadway at the south end of the recently-constructed concrete segment.

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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Jul 18

I-59 northbound near Hammondville opens

A reconstructed segment of northbound I-59 in DeKalb County opened to traffic today.

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…

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