Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 04, 2021
Iconic Bridge Project in Tuscaloosa Nears Finish
An $83.4 million project featuring an iconic cable-stay arch bridge is nearing completion in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is overseeing the construction, which calls for additional lanes on Interstate 20/59, along with a single point urban interchange (SPUI) on McFarland Boulevard (U.S.-82) directly below the interstate....
Daily Mountain Eagle - Tue January 26, 2021
Alabama City Hopes Work on State Highway Will Be Done in Mid-February
Jasper, Ala., city leaders provided an update Jan. 22 on the paving project along Alabama Highway 118. Officials from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) advised the city that the contractor, Dunn Construction, was scheduled to be back working that night....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 14, 2021
Wiregrass Uses Spray Paver to Expedite Freeway Work
Have you ever wondered where the water goes when you are driving in the rain on the freeway? When driving on a similar rainy day on city streets and county roads, drivers often experience considerable splash, spray and sometimes hydroplaning....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 07, 2021
ST Bunn Leads Lurleen Wallace Boulevard Project
Save for completing the shared used path underneath the Hugh Thomas Bridge, where some handrail has to be installed, sodding and irrigation and other various landscaping items, ST Bunn Construction Co....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 25, 2020
Crews Correct Landslide Damage on U.S. 231
With the highway now open to motorists, crews are working to complete construction efforts on U.S. 231 near Huntsville, Ala., nine months after a landslide caused major damage. Repairs were made two months ahead of schedule on both roadways of U.S....
Mary Yamin-Garone – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 29, 2020
ALDOT Conducts Recovery for Washed Away Roadway
Due to quick action by the Alabama Department of Transportation, what could have been a major disaster was avoided when two lines of a 96-in. diameter corrugated metal pipe failed. Torrential rain on Easter Sunday washed out a 100-ft....
Alabama Department of Transportation - Mon October 26, 2020
Long-Awaited Widening of Alabama Highway 157 Begins in Cullman
State legislators and community stakeholders joined Cullman city officials and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) in October to break ground on the long-awaited Alabama Highway 157 widening project between U.S Highway 31 and Alabama 69 in Cullman, Ala....
CEG - Mon October 26, 2020
Four Lanes on U.S. 411 Near Gadsden,Ala., to Finally Be Built
One of Alabama's first announced road improvements in the Rebuild Alabama project is destined to finally get under way next year and will almost certainly have a local impact. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) opened bids Sept....
CEG - Fri October 02, 2020
Alabama's Latest Gas Tax Increase to Aid Road Projects
Alabamians began paying an extra two cents per gallon for gasoline beginning Oct. 1 when the second installment of the state's 10-cent tax increase went into effect. The state's share of taxes on gasoline rose to 26 cents per gallon, which includes eight cents under the 2019-passed Rebuild Alabama Act (RAA) and the 18 cents that existed before the new law was passed....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Grant to Fund Study of Two Alabama Highway Projects
A $450,000 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant was awarded to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission to fund a technical and feasibility study of two Wiregrass Region highway projects....
