Alabama Department of Transportation News - Wed March 20, 2024
Road Resurfacing Projects Worth $40M to Take Place Across Southwest Alabama in 2024
Making roads safer to drive is the mission of the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) as it continues with its federally aided Maintenance Resurfacing Program statewide. In roads, like life, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure....
Associated Press & Office of Gov. Kay Ivey - Tue September 12, 2023
Alabama Governor Reveals $500M Building Plan Along Trio of Interstate Highways
During an Aug. 31 news conference in Hoover, Ala., Gov. Kay Ivey announced three major interstate construction projects in the greater Birmingham area with a total price tag of approximately $500 million....
280 Living - Wed July 12, 2023
ALDOT Plans to Build New $120M Interstate Exit in Hoover, South of Birmingham
Construction of the new Exit 9 on Interstate 459 in Hoover, Ala., is scheduled to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2027, Hoover Assistant City Engineer Blake Miller told the local chamber of commerce recently....
AL.com - Thu April 20, 2023
With $489M From Feds, Construction to Resume On Birmingham's Northern Beltline
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey appeared in Gardendale on April 12 to announce that $489 million in federal funding has been secured to resume construction on the Birmingham Northern Beltline this spring. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) broke ground on the project in 2014 but ceased work in 2016 due to a lack of funding from Washington....
Tuscaloosa News & ALDOT - Tue January 24, 2023
Work on Northport, Ala.'s McFarland Boulevard On Track for 2024 Completion
It has been a little more than a year since upgrades began on McFarland Boulevard in Northport, Ala., and state officials said recently that the project still has many months of construction ahead of it before completion — likely no earlier than summer 2024....
AL.com & WIAT-TV - Tue January 24, 2023
Alabama to Get More Funding for Birmingham's $5.5B Northern Beltway
The federal government is sending millions of dollars to Alabama to help fund the construction of the $5.5 billion Birmingham Northern Beltline project, a major interstate project on the western edge of the city in Jefferson County....
Thomasville Times - Wed November 30, 2022
New West Alabama Highway to Utilize Fast-Paced Construction Method
The proposed West Alabama Highway, as the new four-lane route from Thomasville to Moundville is called, is on a fast-track schedule, according to Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) officials speaking to a group of elected officials and others in Thomasville earlier in November....
AL.com - Tue September 13, 2022
Alabama Beach Cities Planning Bridge, Road Projects to Improve Mobility
Gulf Shores, Ala., is considered "one of the best places in the country to live."At least, that was the claim expressed by a city official in late August before presenting the "Leading the Way" award to the Gulf Shores City Council....
The Moulton Advertiser - Thu September 08, 2022
Alabama DOT Reviewing Bids to Make Geotechnical Repairs to Dip in Roadway
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has announced that repairs to a dangerous dip in the closed outside eastbound lane of Alabama Highway 24 on Trinity Mountain, west of Decatur in the northern part of the state, could be wrapped up within two months and the lane reopened once a contractor is selected from a list of submitted bids....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 18, 2022
Crews Continue Important Highway Corridor Project After 10-Year Lull
Despite an awkward start and a 10-year lull in construction, workers are poised to complete the U.S. 98/SR158 highway corridor in Mobile County from the Alabama/Mississippi state line to Interstate 65 in the city of Mobile....
