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."A project to widen I-65 in Shelby County is now underway. The project will add lanes from Exit 231 south of Calera to Exit 238 at Alabaster.
This project will expand this section of I-65 to six lanes and replace eight outdated bridges, six of which are over rail tracks and two over County Road…
Weather conditions permitting, the Alabama Department of Transportation and its contracted partner, Video Industrial Services, Inc. will conduct drainage repairs on US-11 northbound between Avenue P and Court O.
Work will begin Tuesday, March 18th and should be completed by Thursday, March 20th,2025. This work will require temporarily closing the center turn lane and inside…Read More “Planned temporary lane closures on US-11 in Jefferson County”
Weather permitting, beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, March 17th and 18th, the Alabama Department of Transportation will be performing pavement testing on I-20 eastbound and westbound from MP 147.700 (just east of Exit 147) to MP 164.820 (west end of the bridge over the Coosa River).
Work will take place between 9:a.m. and…Read More “Planned moving operation on I-20 in St. Clair County”
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…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is preparing for potential severe weather impacts associated with the storms expected to move into the state Friday evening and continue throughout much of the weekend.
ALDOT is monitoring the weather with help from the National Weather Service, Alabama Emergency Management Agency, and other partners across the state. Following…
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A project to add additional truck passing lanes on US-431 in Chambers County will begin on March 24, 2025. The project was awarded to Gary Ingram Grading and Paving, Inc., the lowest bidder, for $8.17 million. The contractor will have 170 working days to complete the project. Construction is to begin on March 24.
The…
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Five years ago today, ALDOT leaders met with concerned residents from several north Alabama counties to unveil an ambitious plan to repair US-231 after a landslide destroyed parts of the highway in Morgan County.
One month earlier, heavy rain triggered the slide on Brindley Mountain, opening large cracks in the pavement as material shifted below….
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The Alabama Department of Transportation will soon begin work on a safety improvement project for the US-280 through Alexander City.
The project limits extend from the intersection of US – 280 at SR 22 to the intersection of US – 280 at Airport Road. The project will feature the construction of additional turn lanes,…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will host a come-and-go style public meeting to discuss a potential project along SR-215 (University Boulevard) in Cottondale.
The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 18 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Church of Judah International where members of the public can ask questions and view exhibits regarding…
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Alabama’s road conditions have been recognized among the safest across the country.
According to a study done by the ConsumerAffairs Research Team, Alabama’s road conditions rank second overall in the country with 96.5% of its urban roads and 98.7% of its rural roads in acceptable condition.
The ranking comes just five years after the Legislature…
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