The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to resurface and perform access management along a stretch of US-82 from near Echola Road to near Buhl Cut-off Road in western Tuscaloosa County to improve mobility and safety.
The 4.79-mile project is scheduled to begin Monday, Dec. 1, and will continue until late summer 2026, weather permitting….
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will implement rolling lane closures Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 29 and 30, to set girders on the future westbound bridge over Big Creek, part of the ongoing US-82 bridge replacement project in Coker.
Crews plan to place a total of 14 girders, with seven scheduled each day. Westbound traffic…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) advises motorists traveling from the Birmingham area into Tuscaloosa for University of Alabama football games to use the recommended interstate exits to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion on local roads.
The priority route is I-20/59 westbound to Exit 73 (McFarland Boulevard). This route provides the most direct access…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to resurface a stretch of Skyland Boulevard (US-11) from SR-69 to Pleasant Hill Drive in Tuscaloosa.
The 5.24-mile nighttime project will also include left turn lane lengthening and enhancements at Hargrove Road, Palisades Drive and Cypress Creek Avenue.
Work is scheduled to begin Sunday, Sept. 7 and will…
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This story concludes an eight-part series highlighting the people and work of ALDOT’s West Central Region districts.
There’s pressure managing a district that’s home to the fifth-largest city in the state and busiest within the Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) West Central Region.
There’s pressure when the district includes Mercedes-Benz U.S. International and the University…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to resurface and improve access management on SR-216 from near Covered Bridge Road to George Richmond Parkway in Brookwood.
The project also includes sidewalk installation and traffic signal upgrades. Work is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 11 with the installation of construction signs and is expected to continue…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to resurface and place new guardrail on a portion of Interstate 20/59 from the Greene County line to near Exit 62 in Tuscaloosa County to improve mobility and safety.
The seven-mile project is expected to begin Monday, July 28 and will continue until late fall, weather permitting. At…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to replace the two existing bridges over Big Creek on US-82 near Sam Sutton Road in Coker with a single, wider bridge.
Additionally, the Sam Sutton Road intersection will be permanently closed to accommodate the new bridge.
The project is scheduled to begin Monday, May 12 and will…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to perform a routine nighttime inspection of the arch bridge in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 7.
Intermittent lane closures are scheduled on US-82 beneath the bridge each night from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., weather permitting. Outside lane closures on I-20/59 are also expected…
Beginning Tuesday, March 18, both northbound and southbound traffic on US-11 near Chamblee Avenue, northeast of Woodstock, will be reduced to a single lane in each direction as part of the ongoing bridge removal project.
Southbound traffic will be shifted to the northbound lanes for approximately five months. The southern entrance of Chamblee Avenue will…
