In a display of skill, camaraderie, and commitment to safety, the Alabama Department of Transportation Southwest Region hosted its annual Mobile Area Equipment Operators ROADeo state competition qualifier during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15 – 19, 2024. The ROADeo brought together transportation maintenance workers who handle heavy equipment to compete in a series…
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Representatives from ALDOT, AGC, ALEA, and ARBA attended the joint press conference to kick off National Work Zone Awareness Week.
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) held a joint press conference at Thompson Engineering in Mobile today, April 15, to officially kick off the 2024 National Work Zone Awareness Week campaign.
Representatives from ALDOT, AGC, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and the Alabama Road Builders Association (ARBA)…
ALDOT Employee Chris Blackwood shows his art at the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival
Art has a way of bringing people together, or bridging gaps and forging connections. This is why ALDOT employee Chris Blackwood, a pre-construction engineer who works with the Southwest Region’s consultant management team, spends a great deal of his free time painting and drawing.
From infrastructure to inspiration
Engineers are often adept at transforming…
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Map of proposed project area in Mobile County
The Alabama Department of Transportation will participate in a public involvement hearing sponsored by Mobile County from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on May 9, 2024, at Meadowlake Elementary School in Mobile. Through this hearing and its project website, ALDOT will receive input on options for relieving traffic congestion along McDonald Road and Three Notch-Kroner Road…
Intersection of US-98 and SR-158 Mobile County
Construction of the new US-98 connection to SR-158 at the Mississippi state line is now partially completed and reopened to traffic.
Motorists will no longer need to take previously posted detours. Barricades and detour signage along the project have been removed.
The highly anticipated opening of US-98 at this location will complement the recent…
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I-10 widening in Mobile is nearing completion.
Making travel safer, faster and more efficient for both passenger and commercial traffic are the goals of interstate roadway projects. In the southern part of Alabama, current widening projects include I-10 and I-65.
The latest ALDOT interstate project is the widening of approximately 5 miles of both east and westbound lanes of I-10 from March…
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The new LED lighting on US-43 in Washington County
In 2022, the Washington County Commission was awarded an Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II) grant to construct safety improvements, including new lighting at the intersection of US-43 and SR-56. The ATRIP-II program is designed to rehabilitate and improve transportation infrastructure by funding projects of local interest, proposed by one or more local governments,…
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Sepulga River bridge replacement over I-65
As work continues on the I-65 bridge replacement project in Conecuh County, drivers should expect to see reduced speed limits. Motorists should also expect possible daily left lane closures in each direction between March 25 and March 28 from approximately 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Motorist should stay alert and watch for construction vehicles entering…
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Crews milling asphalt in Mobile Area
Making roads safer to drive is the Alabama Department of Transportation’s mission as it continues with its Federal-aid Maintenance Resurfacing Program statewide. Using ALDOT’s Pavement Preservation Policy, Area employees evaluate the condition of pavement near them and make recommendations to the ALDOT Deputy Director of Operations who approves projects for each fiscal year.
ALDOT’s Southwest…
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A project to resurface a portion of Lott Rd (SR-217) from US-45 to Lakeview Ridge Lane south of Georgetown begins today.
The scope of the project includes 12 miles (from mile post 0 to mile post 12.5) of planing, paving, and striping operations. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant sidewalk improvements will also be made as…
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