US-431 Archives

Sep 16, 2026

Northbound Memorial Parkway overpass at Mastin Lake Road open to traffic

The US-231/US-431 Memorial Parkway mainline and overpass at Mastin Lake Road opened to northbound traffic this afternoon.

ALDOT advises drivers to use caution and reduce speed. The area remains an active work zone, with construction of various features of the $34 million project still underway.

Southbound mainline, intersection to open later

Southbound traffic continues…

Sep 03, 2026

Traffic to change on Mastin Lake Road at North Memorial Parkway

Workers move alongside a paving train consisting of a paver, material transfer vehicle and dump trucks delivering asphalt.

Mastin Lake Road under the new overpass on North Memorial Parkway/US-231/US-431 in Huntsville will close for several weeks starting Friday, Sept. 4.

Following morning rush, both legs of Mastin Lake Road will be converted to allow right-in/right-out movements only.

ALDOT anticipates the intersection fully reopening in mid-October — after the new mainline opens to traffic…

Sep 03, 2026

Nighttime resurfacing of North Memorial Parkway starts next week

An aerial view of a highway with a four-lane mainline and service roads. The mainline includes an overpass at the junction with another highway.

A $2 million project to resurface 3.5 miles of US-231/US-431/North Memorial Parkway in Huntsville will begin the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 8, weather permitting.

Grayson Carter And Son Contracting will resurface the parkway mainline from Country Club Avenue Northwest to Cedarama Drive Northwest.

The distance between the north and south ends of the project is…

Jul 17, 2026

ALDOT to repair damaged overpass rail

Next week, ALDOT will repair a damaged bridge rail on the US-231/South Memorial Parkway overpass at Governors Drive in Huntsville.

Crews will close the outside northbound auxiliary lane on the overpass from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, Monday, July 20, through Thursday, July 23. This includes closure of the on-ramp from the northbound service…

Jun 05, 2026

Resurfacing of US-431 in Albertville to start

A cluster of signs for US-431 and SR-75 mark a divided four lane highway. In the background, traffic queues at a busy intersection.

Nighttime resurfacing of four miles of US-431 in Albertville will begin the evening of Sunday, June 14, weather permitting.

Rogers Group, the contractor on the $3 million project, will mill and pave the divided four-lane highway from south of SR-75 at Miller Street to Brashers Chapel Road.

Nightly lane closures

Motorists should expect single-lane closures…

Mar 11, 2026

US-431 bridges in Guntersville to get paintjob

The US-431 bridges in Guntersville are viewed from between the bridges on the south bank of the Tennessee River. The shadows of vehicles traversing the southbound bridge are cast on the side of the northbound bridge by the late afternoon sun.

Painting of the Veterans Memorial Bridges on US-431 over the Tennessee River in Guntersville may begin next week.

ALDOT’s contractor, Cekra Inc., will paint the structural steel and rails of both half-mile long bridges. The faded green will be coated with battleship gray. The $6.7 million project will also include repairs to joints on the…

Mar 04, 2026

Final bridge girders to be set on North Memorial Parkway overpass

An aerial view of the overpass construction on North Memorial Parkway at Mastin Lake Road in Huntsville. There is a visible gap in the overpass where girders will be installed to form the south span of the bridge.

Installation of the final bridge girders on the US-231/US-431/North Memorial Parkway overpass at Mastin Lake Road in Huntsville will take place over two nights, beginning this evening.

Bridgework subcontractor Miller & Miller will use cranes to raise a total of 12 girders — long, horizontal beams that will support the bridge deck — into place on the…

Dec 05, 2025

Bids opened for painting, repair of US-431 bridges in Guntersville

ALDOT opened bids today for a project to paint and repair the Veterans Memorial Bridges on US-431 over the Tennessee River in Guntersville.

Of 11 bidders, contractor Cekra Inc. submitted the apparent low bid of $6,692,309. ALDOT anticipated bids between $11.9 and $14.5 million.

Construction is pending bid review and award of the contract. The…

Nov 26, 2025

RCUT planned for US-431 at Buck Island Drive

A map showing the concept for the improvements

ALDOT will convert the intersection of US-431 and Buck Island Drive in Guntersville to a Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) intersection to improve safety.

The RCUT plan includes installing channelizing curbs and flexible posts on Buck Island Drive and in the median crossover to prevent left turns from the side street. Instead, drivers will make a…

Sep 16, 2025

Expect late-night closure of North Memorial Parkway service road at Mastin Lake Road

A crane sits beside an incomplete bridge, the girders of which span a roadway.

Expect a temporary complete closure of the northbound US-231/US-431/North Memorial Parkway service road just north of Mastin Lake Road in Huntsville late tonight into early Wednesday morning.

The contractor will set six bridge girders for the north span of the overpass at Mastin Lake Road from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. During that timeframe, all…