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The project to reconstruct and rehabilitate the southbound I-59 roadway extends from the state line nearly to Fort Payne.

Alabama Welcome Center to close for first phase of work

A $47.5 million project for reconstruction and rehabilitation of 16 miles of I-59 southbound near the Georgia state line will begin after Memorial Day.

From the state line to about a mile north of the US-11 overpass in Fort Payne, contractor Wiregrass Construction will…

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ALDOT opened bids today on a project to reconstruct and rehabilitate parts of the I-59 southbound roadway, left. The corresponding northbound segments were or are in the process of being reconstructed by previous and ongoing projects.

Total contracts approach $240 million

ALDOT opened bids today for an I-59 reconstruction project to replace and rehabilitate parts of the aging southbound roadway in DeKalb County. The project is expected to push the total of contracts for the corridor’s reconstruction to nearly $240 million.  

The project is the sixth in an ongoing effort to…

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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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