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As the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) moves into 2025, helping drivers stay safe on the road continues to be a focus. In 2023, there were 143,487 crashes in Alabama.
There was one crash reported every 3 minutes and 39 seconds. ALDOT is asking motorists to make safe driving one of their New Year resolutions….
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Drive Safe Alabama is a lead broadcast sponsor of the Alabama High School Athletic Association Super 7 State Football Championship this week in Birmingham.
The AHSAA Super 7 begins on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at Protective Stadium with nine games spread across three days.
Through the AHSAA partnership with Drive Safe Alabama, thousands of fans statewide…
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First responders constantly put their lives on the line, but the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is trying to make incidents safer for the men and women with boots on the ground.
In conjunction with Crash Responder Safety Week, ALDOT is hosting Traffic Incident Management (TIMs) classes across the state, teaching responders how to correctly…
One of ASAP's Ford F-350s is suited with a J-Tech LaneBlade to help remove debris from the roadway.
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is looking to clear roadways and debris faster with its new J-Tech LaneBlade.
ALDOT’s Alabama Service Assistance Patrol Program (ASAP) has recently taken strides to achieve that goal by adding a J-Tech LaneBlade to the front of one of its Ford F-350s.
The LaneBlade is a retractable device that…
ALDOT’s district 74 sign crew members, Jeremiah McCloud and Curtis Coleman, install a sign on the side of a busy highway
Making a left turn across traffic would be much more dangerous if the grass in the median was so high you couldn’t see over it.
But those are details drivers don’t often have to think about. Alabama Department of Transportation employees working from the department’s district offices are taking care of mowing grass and…
Governor Kay Ivey waves at the crowd during a Rebuild Alabama Road Tour visit in Ariton.
Governor Kay Ivey has wrapped up her Rebuild Alabama Road Tour.
Governor Ivey recently visited three areas – Chilton County, Ariton and Rainsville – in conjunction with announcing the awards from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Annual Grant Program, created by the Rebuild Alabama Act.
The Act, which was overwhelmingly passed by the legislature…
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State Construction Engineer Stacey Glass has worked at ALDOT since 1985.
Stacey Glass wasn’t always at the top of the food chain.
Glass, the Alabama Department of Transportation’s State Construction Engineer, is one of only a handful of employees who have served as a Bureau Chief for two separate bureaus.
But Glass’ ALDOT career started long before he sat at the top.
Growing up on roughly…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is celebrating the month of October as Careers in Construction month.
The Construction Bureau, which is one of 20 bureaus in the Department, engages in the general supervision of all contract construction work and promotes statewide uniformity in interpretation and implantation of the contract requirements.
The Bureau is separated…
On October 17, ALDOT will begin an infrastructure project aimed at expanding a segment of I-59 in Jefferson County.
On October 17 at 10 a.m., the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will begin a significant infrastructure project aimed at reconstructing and expanding a critical segment of I-59 in Jefferson County from the I-459 Interchange in Birmingham to Chalkville Mountain Road in Trussville, Alabama.
This extensive project begins at I-459 near Edwards Lake Road and…