Roadwork Updates
Status reports on the City of Huntsville’s road improvement projects. This includes Road Alerts on routine resurfacing and traffic light installation and Project Updates on major road construction.
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Construction has begun. The contractor has installed traffic signs, begun clearing and grubbing, and roadway asphalt milling. Two lanes in each direction (4-lanes) on SR 255 will remain open daily between 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. with the additional lane construction on SR 255 anticipated to last 12-months.
A new bridge at Old Madison Pike will be staged constructed to allow one lane of traffic in each direction (2-lanes) across the bridge between January 2020 to mid-2021. Contractors will begin shifting traffic on Old Madison Pike at Research Park Boulevard to the south side for bridge construction to begin on January 23, 2020. All access ramps will remain open during this time. Northbound traffic on Research Park Boulevard exiting to Old Madison Pike heading west to Cummings Research Park will be converted to a free-flow movement to minimize stacking of traffic on Research Park Boulevard and I-565. Westbound Old Madison Pike will be required to turn right toward Bradford Drive to access Cummings Research Park. Residents and businesses along Old Madison Pike, east of Research Park Boulevard are encouraged to use I-565 to access Bridge Street during the bridge construction.
Contractors will begin with demolition of the existing bridge on the north side nightly as traffic on Research Park Boulevard is shifted into one lane in each direction during the night hours. Traffic on Research Park Boulevard will remain 2 lanes in each direction (4-lanes) during daytime hours.
Please use caution in the area as traffic control patterns will tend shift as bridge work progresses. Please see below layouts for additional information.
Updated January 19, 2020
The design and right-of-way acquisition are approximately 90% complete for the project. There are a total of eighteen structures to be removed with one structure remaining in the acquisition. The City has begun the process of structure removal with the Huntsville Fire Department and Public Works to clear the site for roadway work to begin. Utility relocations are anticipated to begin in mid-2020 with roadway construction scheduled to begin shortly thereafter.
Updated November 27, 2019
ALDOT is currently 95% complete with right-of-way acquisition for the project. Work is anticipated to begin on-site with a clearing project schedule to be bid in early 2020. There are eleven structures to be demolished and removed prior to beginning utility relocations on site. Utility relocations are anticipated to begin in summer 2020 and roadway improvements will start shortly after utilities are complete with relocation.
Updated November 27, 2019
Two-way traffic on Cecil Ashburn Drive reopens to the public beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 18, 2019 marking the completion of Phase I. Contractors Carcel & G Construction completed the first phase of the project within 10 months, which is over two months ahead of schedule. Phase II work will consist of completing the remainder of the project and will resume while motorist use the two new eastbound lanes for temporary two-way traffic. Read the news post to learn more.
Work remains on Sutton Road, Old Big Cove Road and primarily within the westbound lanes of Cecil Ashburn. Sutton Road will have 5-lanes when complete and Old Big Cove will have double left turns heading westbound as well as an extended right turn tapers. The remaining work on Cecil Ashburn consists of finishing utility installation, drainage construction, slope stabilization and asphalt paving. The contractor will also install the final open-graded friction course asphalt layer and permanent striping and signage on all lanes next Spring as the westbound lanes are completed. The remaining work will be temperature and weather dependent.
Motorists should be aware that the area remains an active construction zone in which the speed limit will be 35 mph through the area as construction continues to occur. The Land Trust parking area will remain closed and will be used to store equipment and materials needed to complete the project.
Updated October 18, 2019
Phase 1 – is complete. Construction began in the fall of 2018 and is anticipated to be completed late 2019.
Phase 2 – is currently under construction. Construction began in March of 2019 and is anticipated to be completed in 2020 pending utility relocations.
Phase 3 – is anticipated to begin design in summer 2019 based on funding requirements.
Construction was anticipated to start in late 2019, but now is expected to start in early 2020 and be completed in early 2021.
Updated December 18, 2019
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