Each year, employees from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) cut down, haul, install and help decorate the official state Christmas tree that sits at the top of the Capitol steps facing Dexter Avenue in Montgomery.
The State of Alabama’s official Christmas tree for the 2025 holiday season. ALDOT employees cut down the tree at...Read More "ALDOT brings official state Christmas tree from Fitzpatrick, Ala."The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is urging drivers to stay alert and slow down for first responders working on Alabama’s roads during Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 17-21.
Each year, ALDOT and emergency responders statewide join a national effort to improve roadway safety for first responders, from police to EMS and tow truck drivers….
ALDOT employees in Mobile traded their safety vests for aprons Thursday during the “Dress the Dog” Fundraiser, bringing plenty of good food, laughter and community spirit to the Training Building.
The lunchtime event, held Nov. 13, drew a hungry crowd eager to support the State Combined Campaign, which benefits United Way Charities of Alabama. Between…
Read More “ALDOT employees serve up fun and flavor for a good cause”
Engineers from the Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) Southwest Region recently met with members of the Mobile Area Association of Realtors to share updates on major infrastructure projects shaping growth in Mobile County and along the Gulf Coast.
The presentation gave real estate professionals insight into road and bridge projects that are improving travel across…
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Traffic on SR-273/Blue Pond Road in Cherokee County will cross via a temporary bridge during replacement of the bridge over Daniels Branch, north of Leesburg.
A short diversion road connects the temporary bridge to the highway. The bridge over Daniels Branch was constructed 100 years ago.
The $5.7 million project to demolish and replace the…
New paint will help extend the useful life of what many Huntsville residents refer to as the “useless overpass.”
Cekra Inc., working on a $420,000 contract, will paint the overpass on US-231/SR-53/South Memorial Parkway in Huntsville as well as an overpass on I-759 in Gadsden.
Paint helps protect steel parts of a bridge from…
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On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Alabama Department of Transportation will briefly close the bridge on SR-81 (Tuskegee Street) over the railroad in Notasulga.
The bridge will be closed for maintenance repairs at approximately 8:00 a.m. Wednesday and will reopen at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13.
During the bridge closure a signed detour will…
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Engineers from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) visited the Alabama Career Center in Mobile recently for a job fair sponsored by the Alabama Department of Workforce.
The event gave local residents a chance to learn about and apply for jobs at ALDOT.
Meet ALDOT’s Team
At the fair, ALDOT engineers answered questions, handed…
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A four-mile segment of the reconstructed northbound I-59 roadway near the Georgia state line opened to traffic today. The opening marks the halfway point for a $41 million project to reconstruct part of I-59 in DeKalb County.
The roadway opening between mileposts 237 and 241 included reopening the northbound on- and off-ramps of Exit 239…
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ALDOT advises motorists to expect daytime delays due to paving on US-72 East in Huntsville. Rogers Group will pave at the US-72 intersections with Shields Road and Moores Mill Road in Huntsville starting Thursday, Nov. 6.
Most paving on the $4 million, 6.5-mile resurfacing project from Moores Mill Road to east of the Flint River…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is reaching a significant milestone in its ongoing US-280 widening project by setting the first girders for the new Pumphouse Road Bridge.
This work requires a total traffic closure for crews to safely install the 100-foot beams across the width of the highway.
Beginning at 11 p.m. on Friday,…
Read More “ALDOT closing US-280 traffic at Pumphouse Road for bridge girder installation”
