CSX will close the railroad crossing on SR-117 in the Bass Community of Jackson County from 6 a.m. Saturday, July 20, to the evening of Sunday, July 21.
Message boards and signs will be in place to direct motorists. The detour is US-72 to SR-156 at South Pittsburg, Tenn., to US-41A to SR-56 at Sewanee…
Contractors will close Mastin Lake Road just west of US-231/US-431/North Memorial Parkway tonight and Friday night for installation of drainage pipes.
The road will be closed in both directions from 8 p.m. each night until about 6 a.m. the following morning.
Eastbound traffic will be detoured to Kenwood Drive to York Road to Memorial Parkway….
The next series of bridge girders for the Town Madison Interchange on I-565 will be installed on multiple nights during the next three weeks.
Contractors will install the final girders for the westbound off-ramp and begin setting girders on the west-bound on-ramp.
The eastbound roadway will be closed for the safety of the public while…
The Alabama Department of Transportation will hold a public involvement meeting next week to gather input on the replacement of the northbound bridge on SR-77 over the Coosa River in Etowah County.
The meeting for project BR-A181(941) will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at the Southside Community Center.
The “Little Bridge”…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation anticipates work starting next week to improve the intersection of US-411/Rainbow Drive and Whorton Bend Road in Gadsden.
Wiregrass Construction will extend the left turn lane on US-411 southbound and construct a dedicated right turn lane on Whorton Bend Road to US-411 northbound.
The $347,000 project also includes traffic signal…
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The next series of bridge girders for the Town Madison Interchange on I-565 will be installed on several nights next week.
The westbound 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- and off-ramps…
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Work will begin Monday on a $41 million project to reconstruct part of I-59 in northeast Alabama.
Though ultimately contractor Wiregrass Construction will remove and replace more than eight miles of the northbound roadway, from Hammondville to the Georgia state line, initial work will focus on rehabilitation of the southbound roadway.
Please expect a southbound…
ALDOT opened bids today for a project to expand I-565 to six lanes from County Line Road to Wall Triana Highway in Madison.
Of four bidders, contractor Wiregrass Construction submitted the apparent low bid of $28,992,350. Bids were anticipated to be between $28 and $34.2 million.
Construction is pending bid review and award of the…
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…
The Alabama Department of Transportation today announced it has awarded over $300,000 in state funding to two municipal airports for improvements.
The Bay Minette Municipal Airport Authority in Baldwin County will receive $226,127 for pavement maintenance to the northwest apron of the airport. The City of Fort Payne in DeKalb County will receive $106,709 for…
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