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Roadbuilding
Alabama DOT plans bridges to replace slide-damaged U.S. 231 near Huntsville
The section of the road on US 231 was damaged by the heavy rains in February and will now be replaced by two low bridges. More information on Equipment World.
March 25, 2020
Roadbuilding
ALDOT opens $700M Interstate bridges in Birmingham ahead of schedule
The long-awaited $700 million Interstate 59/20 bridges project in Birmingham, Alabama, is now open to traffic ahead of schedule, with the contractor on the project receiving a bonus. The deteriorated bridges at the interchange with U.S. 31 and U.S. 280 handled more than 165,000 vehicles a day through downtown Birmingham. They were demolished a year […]
January 20, 2020
Roadbuilding
Ala. DOT says major I-59/20 bridge project in Birmingham is on schedule
Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Regional Engineer DeJarvis Leonard tells WBRC-TV that the reconstruction of Interstate 59/20 through downtown Birmingham is on schedule to be completed by March 22, 2020. Leonard noted that 1,600 new bridge segments had already been placed and that there were just 700 more to go. “We are somewhere in the neighborhood […]
September 11, 2019
Roadbuilding
ALDOT releases new renderings of proposed Mobile River Bridge and Bayway expansion
ALDOT recently released videos and images of the latest plans for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway expansion along with interchanges to I-10. Details here.
May 29, 2019
Roadbuilding
ALDOT selects two major projects for first year of plan funded by gas tax increase
As part of the Alabama Act First Year Plan 2020, one project will expand I- 565 to a six-lane interstate and the other will expand an interchange on I-65.
April 30, 2019
Roadbuilding
University of Ala. receives $8M DOT grant to fund traffic control technologies
The University of Alabama ATI grand funding from the USDOT will be used to improve traffic control systems in west-central Alabama. More details here.
April 25, 2019
Roadbuilding
Implosion drops I-59/20 ramp in downtown Birmingham
The ramp in Birmingham, Alabama was demolished in an explosion when ALDOT set off controlled explosive charges around the support columns. Get the details here.
February 8, 2019
Roadbuilding
ALDOT reveals conceptual design for $2B Mobile River Bridge & Bayway
The Alabama DOT released a video of what the future Mobile River Bridge and Bayway could potentially look like. Learn more right here on Equipment World.
September 7, 2018
Roadbuilding
ALDOT and McCartney Construction Co. win NAPA’s top award for paving quality
McCartney Construction Company and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) have received a top honor from the National Asphalt Pavement Association –  the 2017 Sheldon G. Hayes Award. The award, bestowed annually since 1971, recognizes the country’s highest quality highway pavements. The work was for paving for the Anniston Eastern Bypass in Alabama, which involved […]
February 15, 2018
Roadbuilding
ALDOT seeks help from private sector for funding I-10 Mobile River Bridge
The Alabama Department of Transportation is calling on the private sector to help to fund the Mobile River Bridge project on Interstate 10. Such funding could also include a toll for the proposed six-lane span to alleviate traffic jams at the George Wallace Tunnel. Cost estimates for the bridge have ranged from $850 million to […]
September 1, 2017
Roadbuilding
10 DOTs win 2016 Perpetual Pavement Award
The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) presented 10 departments of transportation with 2016 Perpetual Pavement Awards. The award recognizes state transportation departments and local agencies for asphalt pavements at least 35 years old that have proven, high-quality structural design and are performing well. The pavement must have had a structural failure, should have an average of at least 12 years between […]
April 10, 2017
Roadbuilding
Alabama DOT partners with Waze Connected Citizens Program
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has joined the Connected Citizens Program of crowdsourced navigation app Waze to provide real-time traffic details from across the state. ALDOT joins multiple state DOTs in sharing data with Waze, including Massachusetts,  Louisiana,California, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. ALDOT is the first entity in the state to join the program. “Waze […]
July 5, 2016
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