Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 31, 2022
Crews Proceed On $32M Project to Replace Six Functionally Obsolete Bridges
In southeast Alabama, crews are working on a $32 million project that will replace six functionally obsolete bridges along Interstate 85 at exit 60. The structures are being replaced due to their narrow width and age, with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) overseeing the work....
Opelika-Auburn News & ALDOT - Wed March 23, 2022
Safety at the Heart of Road, Bridge Construction on I-85 Near Opelika, Ala.
The construction of the $32 million bridge replacement project on Interstate 85 at Exit 60 near Opelika, Ala., is expected to last for two more years. Crews with McInnis Construction LLC of Summerdale, Ala., have worked to replace the six "functionally obsolete" bridges at the I-85 exit since last April....
CEG - Mon December 27, 2021
Mobile, Alabama, Area Leaders Revive $2.1B Plan to Build I-10 Bridge, Bayway Project
Officials on the Alabama coast have resurrected a $2.1 billion plan to build a massive Interstate 10 bridge spanning the Mobile River and expand the highway across Mobile Bay. Mobile and Baldwin County officials on Dec....
Alabama Daily News - Wed December 01, 2021
Alabama Expecting More Than $6.8B in Road, Transportation Funding From New Law
Alabama could receive more than $6.8 billion in road and transportation funding in President Biden's recently approved $1.2 trillion Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). While broad outlines of how that money will be allocated are now available, more federal direction is needed before specific projects are identified, the Daily News has learned....
Sand Mountain Reporter - Wed December 01, 2021
Construction Under Way on Northeast Alabama Intersection to Improve Safety
Motorists traveling along Alabama Highway 75 are maneuvering through construction that began Nov. 29 to improve safety at the road's intersection with AL 68/Hustleville Road. The key crossing is in Marshall County in the northeast portion of the state....
Birmingham Times - Tue July 20, 2021
Construction Begins on City Walk BHAM Project Under I-59/20 Bridges
The Birmingham-based contracting firm Brasfield & Gorrie has begun construction on City Walk BHAM, a 31-acre project being built underneath the new Interstate 59/20 Central Business District bridge in Alabama's largest city....
WALA FOX10 News - Mon June 21, 2021
Mobile, Ala., Bay Bridge Project Back on Track, But Funding Issues Still Loom
The Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project is one of those good news/bad news situations. The good news to report is that the long-discussed project is now back on track to be built, after local officials balked at putting tolls on its usage in 2019....
CEG - Thu May 27, 2021
JM Wood, ALDOT Hold 25th Annual Fleet Sale
Working together for successful fleet management for a quarter of a century, JM Wood Auction and the Alabama Department of Transportation celebrated their 25th Annual Auction at the ALDOT fleet facility in Montgomery, Ala., in early May....
AL.com - Tue March 23, 2021
In West Alabama, 'Skepticism' Turns Into 'Optimism' for a New U.S. 43
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's announcement in February that U.S. Highway 43 would be widened from Thomasville to Tuscaloosa brought back long-ago memories for Cindy Neilson. Neilson was a Marengo County probate judge when she, along with former Linden Mayor Roy "Pat" Vice, often visited with former Alabama Gov....
CEG - Wed February 24, 2021
After Removing Flawed Arch, New Tuscaloosa Bridge May Finish This Summer
In the first half of February, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) closed portions of Tuscaloosa's McFarland Boulevard to allow for interstate bridge construction as part of a three-year-long, $83.4 million project....
