ALDOT opened bids Friday, June 27, for a project to improve operations on SR-35 near I-59 in Fort Payne.
Of three bidders, contractor Wiregrass Construction submitted the apparent low bid of $4,997,900.
Project details
The project features improvements to increase the functionality of the SR-35 intersections with Jordan Road/Airport Road, the I-59 interchange ramps at Exit 218,…
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The US-72/Florence Boulevard widening project in Lauderdale County will revert to nighttime hours for most operations requiring lane closures.
Though working by daylight is more conducive to the current work — asphalt leveling to match the profiles of the existing and additional lanes — daytime lane closures this week led to excessive travel delays.
ALDOT…
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A $1.1 million paving project on SR-291 in Gadsden will begin next week, weather permitting.
The project includes milling and resurfacing the entirety of SR-291 from US-431/US-278 to SR-759, about one mile.
Motorists are advised to expect single-lane closures from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday nights through Thursday nights once resurfacing operations begin. However,…
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State bridge inspectors will inspect the northbound SR-77 bridge over the Coosa River between Southside and Rainbow City on Monday, July 7.
ALDOT will close the one-lane “Little Bridge,” a truss bridge constructed in 1939, from about 8 a.m. until the routine inspection is complete. Northbound traffic will be diverted to one lane of the…
After working around the clock since Saturday night, contractors completed repairs to the bridge on Upper River Road over I-65 about 14 hours ahead of schedule. All lanes of I-65 are now open.
The girders of the Upper River Road bridge in Priceville were damaged April 29 when they were struck by a piece of equipment improperly…
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Drivers should expect daytime lane closures on US-72/Florence Boulevard in Lauderdale County for the next month.
Grayson Carter and Son Contracting is widening about two miles of the corridor, from Indian Springs Drive to Sky Park Drive, just west of Shoal Creek, to six lanes.
The contractor will close single lanes in either direction daily,…
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Traffic will detour for about a year during replacement of the bridge on SR-243 over Cedar Creek in Franklin County.
The closure of SR-243 at the creek southeast of Russellville will begin Monday, July 7. ALDOT advises drivers to plan alternate routes in advance and prepare for longer travel times.
Bridge replacement
The declining condition…
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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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Alabama Department of Transportation crews will work Tuesday, June 24, on I-65 southbound at Upper River Road in Priceville in preparation for an upcoming bridge repair.
From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., crews will mill and pave to increase the width of the inside lane under the overpass. ALDOT advises drivers to expect a single-lane…
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Nighttime resurfacing on SR-255/Research Park Boulevard in Huntsville will begin the evening of Monday, June 16, weather permitting.
Rogers Group, the contractor on the $2.6 million project, will mill and pave the SR-255 mainline from US-72 to north of SR-53.
Nightly lane closures
Motorists should expect single-lane closures from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly,…
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