Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed May 06, 2009
Over the River and Through the Woods in Baldwin County
As homes and businesses have sprung up like weeds in former farmers’ fields east of U.S. 98 in Alabama’s Baldwin County, traffic volume on two-lane Alabama 181 has exploded. To ease congestion on both north-south roadways, the county has embarked on the largest road and bridge project it has ever undertaken on its own — an $8.6 million extension of Baldwin County Road 13, said Frank Lundy, Baldwin County’s construction engineer and point man on the project....
Fri March 20, 2009
Thompson Tractor Opens New Huntsville, Ala., Facility
On March 2, 2009, Thompson Tractor opened its new Huntsville, Ala., branch facility. Customers, friends and supporters were invited to be a part of Thompson Tractor history at its new store’s first day....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed March 11, 2009
RaCON Puts Some ’Mussel’ Into U.S. 82 Widening Job
Contractors widening a roughly 3-mi. (4.8 km) stretch of U.S. 82 through the Sipsey River Swamp in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., have had to contend with a number of water-related issues, from endangered species relocation to destabilizing wet clay in the soil to flooding....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Mon December 01, 2008
Trains Keep a Rollin’ as Morris Group Spans Busy Rail
Heavy truck traffic coming in and out of the Mobile Container Terminal at Choctaw Point gets backed up by the long CSX freight trains that block Virginia Street when they chug by several times a day. A six-span bridge being built by The Morris Group Inc....
CEG - Tue September 23, 2008
Starfish Adds Mauldin’s Mid-Sized 1750-C Paver to Fleet
With the equipment world all within walking distance at this year’s ConExpo-Con/AGG, Lew Najor went hunting for a new paver. Najor and his wife, Leigh, own Starfish Inc., a site development firm in Brewton, Ala....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu July 17, 2008
Walton Construction Company Widens Hillcrest Road
Crews have been at work for a little more than a year widening a nearly 2-mi. (3.2 km) stretch of Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Ala., to accommodate increased traffic flow in the growing area. Meanwhile, they’ve had to make sure not to exacerbate the problem....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu April 24, 2008
Morris Group Builds Safer Bridge Over Blackwater Creek
Crossing Blackwater Creek on AL 69 in Walker County is a harrowing experience, involving a steep hill, a blind curve and a narrow, circa 1932 bridge. After years of delays — the word locally is that the project as originally designed would have affected a Confederate cemetery — work is well under way to change that scary ride into a pleasant crossing....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed January 02, 2008
Demolition Clears Way for Tuscaloosa Makeover
They’re tearing it up in Tuscaloosa these days. The city — famous as home to the University of Alabama’s main campus — is undergoing a major transformation, through a combination of public and private projects designed to make the city a vibrant place where people live, work and play....
Tue December 18, 2007
Thompson Tractor Ends 50th Anniversary Celebration
Thompson Tractor Company ended the celebration of its 50th anniversary Dec. 6 with a bang. Approximately 1,200 customers, employees and other guests converged at the company’s headquarters in Birmingham, Ala....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed November 07, 2007
Vital Part of Corridor X Nears Completion
A significant piece in the long-running Corridor X interstate project to connect Birmingham, Ala., and Memphis, Tenn., could be completed in time for Thanksgiving travel. The roughly $3.7 million paving and finishing job — covering 13.3 mi....
