32-million dollar project underway on I-85 to improve exits in east Alabama Plans are underway in east Alabama to improve exits along busy Interstate 85. (Source: WSFA 12 News) By James Giles | May 19, 2021 at 2:16 PM EDT - Updated May 20 at 10:52 AM
OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Plans are underway in east Alabama to improve exits along busy Interstate 85. According to the Alabama Department of Transportation, they will be using a recently awarded $10.8 million grant towards the agency’s work to modernize the state’s interstate system for today’s traffic volumes.
According to a press release from ALDOT: ALDOT will start a project to replace six functionally obsolete bridges in Opelika along Interstate 85 at exit 60. The bridges over Long Street, the Norfolk Southern Railroad, and Alabama Highway 51 (Marvyn Parkway) will be replaced with new, modern bridges that have full width shoulders of approximately 8 feet, for added safety and traffic congestion relief. Acceleration
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32-million dollar project underway on I-85 to improve exits in east Alabama
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LEEDS Motorists should expect delays on Interstate 20 westbound in the Leeds area this week.
According to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) the right or left lanes of Interstate 20 westbound will close in Jefferson and St. Clair Counties for milling and paving work between just east of the Brompton exit (Milepost 148) and the Leeds exit (Milepost 140).
The construction is expected to begin at 7 p.m., Sunday, May 16. ALDOT says ravel lanes are expected to re-open at approximately 5 a.m. (middle lane) and 6 a.m. (outside or inside lane) on Monday, May 17.
Those same lane closures will be in place from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. (middle lane) and 6 a.m. (outside or inside lane) from Monday, May 17 through Saturday, May 22.