Hundreds of travelers entering the state on I-59 found food and fun waiting for them Thursday at the Alabama Welcome Center in DeKalb County.
The annual Tourism Day drew about two dozen vendors eager to provide visitors with information about the many cultural and recreational activities the state has to offer.
Penne Beasley with the…
US-72/Florence Boulevard in Lauderdale County will undergo nighttime lane closures next week to accommodate paving on side streets and mainline leveling for a $24 million widening project.
Weather permitting, Grayson Carter and Son Contracting plans to implement single-lane closures in both directions between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. nightly, Sunday, May 19, through Thursday, May…
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The next series of bridge girders for the Town Madison Interchange on I-565 will be installed on several nights during the next two weeks.
The eastbound roadway will be closed for the safety of the public while the girders — massive steel beams to support the future bridge decks of the Exit 10 westbound on-…
ALDOT crews will be patching Thompson Road in the immediate area of I-65 Exit 325 in Hartselle on Wednesday, May 15, and Thursday, May 16. Work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days.
Additionally, a paint crew will be striping recently-patched segments of I-65 in Morgan County on Thursday. Please…
ALDOT and other responders worked Thursday to clear highways in Jackson and DeKalb counties following overnight storms and a tornado.
Part of SR-40 in Jackson County near Henager remained closed to traffic. The area, between SR-71 and SR-75, was filled with downed trees, powerlines, and debris.
ALDOT responded late Wednesday to begin removing fallen trees…
As work continues on the Town Madison Interchange on I-565 in Madison, drivers should expect nighttime detours for setting bridge girders over the interstate during the next two to three months. Due to the overhead work, periodic weeknight closures of one direction of I-565 at a time — westbound or eastbound — will be necessary…
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Contractors are beginning work on several resurfacing projects in north Alabama in early April.
Three projects are slated to start April 8, weather permitting.
In Limestone County, Grayson Carter and Son Contracting will start a $2.2 million resurfacing of nearly six miles of US-72 from Shaw Road to York Lane, west of Athens.
In Lawrence…
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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…
