Thu January 07, 2021 - Southeast Edition #1
Irwin Rapoport â CEG Correspondent
The Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association named the project the winner of the 2020 Quality Pavement Award for the Reconstruction Category.
Save for completing the shared used path underneath the Hugh Thomas Bridge, where some handrail has to be installed, sodding and irrigation and other various landscaping items,
ST Bunn Construction Co. Inc. has substantially completed the Alabama Department of Transportation s (ALDOT) $24 million
Lurleen Wallace Boulevard project in the heart of downtown Tuscaloosa.
The project, financed by ALDOT and the city of Tuscaloosa, reconstructed 0.8 mi. of the main downtown thoroughfare from near the Hugh Thomas Bridge to near I-359 to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety. The initiative began in late July 2018 and by last July had rebuilt this section of the north-south road widening it from three lanes in each direction to five, which includes three trave