The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is closely monitoring weather forecasts from the National Weather Service and other sources to track a weather disturbance that has the potential to bring winter weather to parts of Alabama over the weekend.
ALDOT is preparing for cold temperatures as well as the possibility of frozen precipitation in some…
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District 43 Administrator Jamie Davis and her team overcame their share of adversity in 2025.
In addition to flooding, a tornado, plus their gas warehouse catching fire, the group worked through two winter weather events.
“None of us had ever really worked a snow and ice storm. We had 2 within, like, 2 weeks,” Davis…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) team of nearly four dozen serving the Hollis Crossroads District relies on its leaders.
Administrator William Whaley believes they bring unity to the job and provide a high level of efficiency to the taxpayers.
“They’ll complete a goal and they’re not wasting time. They go out there with the…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has won 11 quality pavement awards from the Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA).
ALDOT took home the honors during the 66th annual Quality Pavement Awards at the Association’s Officer Installation Luncheon and Pavement Awards Ceremony on Dec. 12, 2025.
Each year, the Association’s asphalt paving contractors submit paving projects…
The next phase of I-59 widening project in Trussville will affect daily commutes early next week. The upcoming I-59 lane shift will start on the evening of January 6, 2026, weather permitting.
ALDOT is moving traffic to the outside lanes to kick off the job’s northbound construction.
This will impact traffic in the area in…
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Alexander City District Administrator Craig Phillips paid his ALDOT dues at a very young age.
He spent one summer as a labor intern as the teen son of a veteran employee
The work ethic he learned was probably more valuable than his wage.
“Started out around $4.25, $4.28, something like that an hour, as a…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is making noticeable progress on the eight-mile I-65 widening in Shelby County, a priority project of Governor Ivey’s.
The first two phases of the $143M job began in February and June, while the final middle phase kicked off in October.
The southernmost section of work stretches from Calera’s Exit…
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ALDOT’s Birmingham District team is defined by their undeniable flexibility.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of motorists pour through Jefferson County’s five interstates and countless other U.S. and Alabama highways.
That level of congestion and traffic flow requires the ability to adapt to adversity on a regular basis.
“There’s no telling how many times their…
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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is opening the newly widened I-59 southbound lanes in Trussville just in time for the holiday shopping season.
Motorists can enjoy the improved 3.5-mile section between Chalkville Mountain Road and I-459 on starting Friday, November 21, 2025.
Originally scheduled to open by Thanksgiving, work progressed enough to expedite the…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is reaching a significant milestone in its ongoing US-280 widening project by setting the first girders for the new Pumphouse Road Bridge.
This work requires a total traffic closure for crews to safely install the 100-foot beams across the width of the highway.
Beginning at 11 p.m. on Friday,…
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