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Roadbuilding

Radios in Ala. traffic signals could prevent crashes, talk to vehicles

The University of Alabama has teamed up with the Alabama Department of Transportation to install communication radios in traffic signals to collect data that could help reduce crashes and prepare for self-driving vehicles. The project was inspired by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ national challenge to install 20 of the radios […]

October 27, 2017

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 worker killed after being struck by a semi-truck

An Alabama Department of Transportation road worker operating a dump truck was killed this week after a semi-truck hit his vehicle in an interstate construction zone. The Tuscaloosa News reported that 52-year-old Tonnie Bernard Watkins was working from inside his dump truck on Nov. 16 in a construction area at mile marker 19.5 on Interstate 20/59 near Livingston […]

November 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Alabama’s Corridor X, aka I-22, requires heavy underground work

The final segment of work required connecting Corridor X, soon to be known as I-22, with I-65 in Birmingham, Alabama, presented unseen challenges. The Corridor X interchange begins northwest of I-65 and extends southeast of I-65 to U.S. 31. The interchange is complex geometrically, with four levels and nearly 20 bridges, and traffic is busy […]

October 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: FHWA intelligent compaction demonstration, open house features hands-on access to equipment and software

The Federal Highway Administration’s last Intelligent Compaction (IC) Equipment Demonstration of 2015 took place at the Alabama Department of Transportation’s headquarters September 23 and featured presentations from four equipment manufacturers and one software provider. FHWA has held approximately 30 such events across the country over the past two years to encourage and accelerate IC implementation. […]

September 25, 2015

Roadbuilding

Stronger, longer bridge girders the aim of research collaboration between University of Alabama, ALDOT

More durable and longer bridge girders could spell cheaper construction costs among other benefits, and a few engineering researchers at the University of Alabama are trying to make that a reality. According to a UA news release, researchers are testing longer, stronger giant concrete bridge girders in a lab at the University of Alabama. The […]

September 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Alabama House committee passes 5 cent gas tax hike

Alabama drivers could see the state’s gas tax rise for the first time in 23 years. The Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure committee has passed a new bill that would raise the gas tax in the state by 5 cents per gallon, The Anniston Star reported. The bill would also automatically raise the gas tax by […]

September 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

APA announces 7 state DOTs as winners for 2014 Perpetual Pavement Awards

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA), in coordination with the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) have selected seven transportation agencies to receive the 2014 Perpetual Pavement Awards, honoring these departments for their work in successful “long-life” asphalt roads. NCAT engineers evaluate “well-performing asphalt pavements” that are 35 years old or older, have had no structural […]

April 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Construction error and weather causes new pavement to crumble within hours

Emergency highway repairs were needed on Interstate 65, near Corridor X, in Alabama following a construction error. Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) officials say the wrong pavement mix, and weather, caused fresh asphalt to start crumbling and breaking apart just two hours after commuters were allowed to drive on the surface. Potholes immediately began to […]

September 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed in Alabama work zone crash

A construction worker died early Friday morning after a vehicle struck him in a highway work zone in Hoover, Alabama, AL.com reports. Related: AGC: Cars crashed into 45% of highway contractors’ work zones in 2013 The incident occurred on Interstate 459, the location of an Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) paving project. AL.com reports that […]

May 2, 2014

Roadbuilding

Two dead in Alabama bridge construction accident

Two construction workers were killed Wednesday in a bridge construction accident in Montgomery, Alabama, according to a report from WSFA 12 News. The bridge construction site, located on Highway 80 East, is part of the Montgomery Outer Loop project, a portion of the I-85 extension project that will connect Interstate 65 in South Montgomery to […]

January 8, 2014