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Sep 26, 2024

SR-91 near Arkadelphia to close for bridge repair

ALDOT will repair the SR-91 bridge over Dorsey Creek starting Friday, Oct. 4.

The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to close SR-91 just south of Arkadelphia in Cullman County for 10 days for a bridge repair.

SR-91 in the immediate area of the bridge at Dorsey Creek will be completely closed to traffic beginning about 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, and will remain closed for the duration of…

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Sep 20, 2024

SR-251 resurfacing to start Monday in Athens

Contractors will resurface SR-251 between US-31 in Athens and SR-53 in Ardmore starting Monday.

Resurfacing work on SR-251 between Athens and Ardmore in Limestone County will start Monday, weather permitting.

The contractor, Asphalt Paving Systems, will resurface the entire highway — more than 16 miles — in two projects. The first project runs from US-31 in Athens to East Limestone Road, and the second will proceed from East Limestone…

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Sep 18, 2024

I-565 widening project in Madison to start

Signs for the project are in place, including this work zone sign near Exit 7 (County Line Road), at the west end of the project on the eastbound roadway.

The contractor on the I-565 widening project anticipates starting work next week to expand the interstate spur to six lanes through Madison.

The $29 million project stretches from west of County Line Road to east of Wall Triana Highway. It includes adding a third lane on each roadway and widening two sets of bridges —…

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Sep 13, 2024

Contractor to resurface SR-20 in Decatur

At the western project limit on SR-20 in Decatur, the pavement to be replaced by the project, right, contrasts with pavement placed in a previous project in 2019, left.

A project to resurface part of SR-20 in Decatur will start Sunday evening, if weather permits.

Grayson Carter & Son Contracting will mill, patch, and repave more than a mile of the highway from west of 12th Avenue Northwest to the bridge over the CSX railroad.

The contractor will work between 6 p.m. and 6…

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Sep 13, 2024

Railroad crossing repair planned for SR-20 in Decatur

Westbound traffic will be transitioned to the eastbound inside lane while Norfolk Southern repairs this rail crossing on SR-20 just west of SR-67 in Decatur.

A short section of the westbound lanes of SR-20 in Decatur will close Tuesday for railroad crossing repairs.

Weather permitting, Norfolk Southern plans to repair the crossing just west of SR-67/Beltline Road beginning at 8 a.m.

Westbound traffic will be temporarily shifted to the inside eastbound lane. Motorists are advised to expect delays due to…

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Sep 03, 2024

I-59N closing, traffic shifting near Georgia line

The I-59 on- and off-ramps at Exit 239 (CR-140) at Sulphur Springs will be closed to traffic.

A contractor will close part of I-59 northbound in DeKalb County near the Georgia state line this afternoon for a $41 million roadway reconstruction project.

Northbound traffic will transition to one lane of the southbound roadway via a crossover about five miles north of Hammondville. For 4.5 miles, concrete barriers will separate single lanes of…

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Aug 22, 2024

Pipe replacement to close SR-64 between Lexington, Greenhill

SR-64 between Lexington and the Greenhill community will be closed Tuesday while crews replace a pipe under the roadway,

The Alabama Department of Transportation will close part of SR-64 in Lauderdale County for a pipe replacement Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Work to replace the pipe under the roadway will begin shortly after 8 a.m. ALDOT anticipates reopening the road that afternoon.

The highway will be closed to all traffic at about milepost 8, just east…

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Aug 16, 2024

Bridge girders installed for Huntsville Brownsferry Road widening

Cranes move a heavy concrete girder into position on the relief bridge east of Swan Creek on SR-304/Huntsville Brownsferry Road on Friday,

Contractors installed the last set of bridge girders on the SR-304/Huntsville Brownsferry Road widening project Friday in Limestone County.

The $13.3 million Rebuild Alabama project is transforming more than a mile of the former two-lane county road between US-31 and I-65 into a five-lane state route. The project includes construction of two bridges at Swan…

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Aug 14, 2024

I-59 reconstruction north of Fort Payne to switch traffic

Crossovers have been constructed for the transition of traffic to and from the southbound I-59 roadway. This crossover will return traffic to the northbound roadway at the south end of the recently-constructed concrete segment.

Another segment of I-59 northbound in DeKalb County will soon close for reconstruction.

Contractors will remove and replace the entire northbound roadway from about milepost 229.5, north of Exit 224 (49th Street) in Fort Payne, to milepost 229, south of Exit 231 (SR-40/SR-117) in Hammondville.

The contractor, A.G. Peltz Group, anticipates shifting all traffic to…

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