Governor Kay Ivey today confirmed plans for officials from the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Baldwin County Bridge Company to meet on the morning of Thursday, May 23, to sign the paperwork that transfers ownership of the Foley Beach Express toll bridge to ALDOT.
Subject to the closing process, the collection of tolls will...
Read More "ALDOT to assume ownership of Beach Express Bridge on May 23"On Thursday, February 29, weather permitting, traffic will shift to the new bridge on SR-81 over Uphapee Creek, north of Tuskegee, in Macon County.
In November 2022, construction of the new bridge began. Traffic was able to utilize the existing structure while the new structure was constructed.
Even though the new bridge will be open…
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Lane closures are planned this week for the US-72/Florence Boulevard widening project between Indian Springs Drive and Sky Park Road in Lauderdale County. The closures will be implemented outside peak travel times to limit impacts to traffic.
The schedule of lane closures is:
Tuesday, Feb. 27 – westbound outside lane closure from 4 a.m. to…Read More “Lane closures planned for US-72/Florence Boulevard this week”
The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to resurface, add two feet of safety widening, install guardrail and place new traffic striping on US-31 from the intersection of Inverness Drive in Clanton to the intersection of Collins Street in Thorsby this week.
Additionally, US-31 will be restriped from the existing four lanes to three lanes from…
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The Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile reopened to traffic at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24. The landmark tunnel was closed during the prior week for electrical and other systems upgrades. It was originally slated to reopen on Friday. Feb. 23, but unforeseen mechanical issues caused a delay.
Night closures planned
Night-time travelers can expect…
The Alabama Department of Transportation opened bids today for the fourth project in an ongoing effort to reconstruct the I-59 corridor in northeast Alabama.
The project includes pavement removal, grading, drainage, and pavement replacement on more than eight miles of the northbound roadway of I-59 from SR-117 at Hammondville to the Georgia state line.
Of…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation is working to fix numerous potholes that appeared on Alabama highways following January’s winter storm. Though patching operations may cause temporary delays for motorists, the repairs will help ensure smoother and safer travel.
Precipitation and freezing conditions are key contributors in the formation of potholes. Patching helps prevent further deterioration…
An Alabama Department of Transportation access management project along U.S. Highway 231 in Wetumpka will begin on Thursday, February 22, weather permitting.
The access management project will begin at the intersection of Old Montgomery Highway and end at the intersection of Charles Avenue.
The project will limit some turning movements along the corridor and…
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The small community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama is famous all over the world for its quilts, but it also has another claim to fame as the home of the nation’s first all-electric ferry.
ALDOT’s Gee’s Bend Ferry began carrying passengers and automobiles across the Alabama River in April 2019, as the nation’s first all-electric ferry….
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A federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant for $910,000 will help build a free-standing pedestrian bridge along the Eastern Shore Trail near the Grant Hotel in Point Clear.
The TAP Grant was accepted by the Baldwin County Commission in December of 2023, which started the initiation of the design phase. The TAP Grant program…
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Twenty-one high-definition monitors line the wall inside the newly built Smart Communities and Innovation Building (SCIB) on the University of Alabama campus.
ALDOT’s West Central Region partnered with the University of Alabama in 2017 to create a Regional Traffic Management Center (RTMC) to monitor and manage traffic. The RTMC also actively manages traffic signals to…
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