Roadway Improvement Projects
The City is currently working with A&M to request permission to install the northern section to connect this to the A&M Campus. Plans are complete, and the City is currently working on right-of-way acquisition for the remainder of properties needed. Cost estimate is approximately $2M for this new multiuse pathway.
September 28, 2020
Phase 1 is complete.
Phase 2 is 90% complete. A short section on the east end awaits completion. The signal at County Line Road is operational.
Phase 3 is approximately 99% complete and open to traffic.
Updated June 1, 2021
Environmental Studies are underway.
Updated November 30, 2018
The road is complete to Mooresville Road. Phase 4 (west of Mooresville Road to Huntsville-Browns Ferry Road) is under construction and approximately 50% complete. The anticipated opening date is late summer to fall 2021. The fifth and final phase (widening Huntsville-Browns Ferry Road) is out for bid and will take approximately a year to complete.
Updated June 1, 2021
The old roadbed, along Church and Pratt, will be demolished in the near future. New connections at Hundley Drive have begun. The old bridge on Pratt has been demolished and grading work is underway in the creek in this area. Utility conflicts on Church and Pratt are being addressed.
The contractor has almost completed the reconstruction of the north side of Church Street. Also the Hundley/Pratt intersection will soon be open to traffic in all directions. Upon completion of all new connections, crews will mill, install the final asphalt layer, and install permanent traffic striping, signage and legends for the entire project limits. The end result will be five lanes for traffic, along with bike lanes and sidewalks.
The current project completion date is anticipated to be end of December 2021.
The City is responsible for the next phase of construction on Winchester Road. This phase contains 2.25 miles of new five-lane roadway to connect to the portion currently under construction by the county. The design is approximately 90% complete, with right-of-way acquisition at approximately 65% complete. There are over 100 parcels to be acquired, and this should be completed by late 2021. Construction is anticipated to start in early 2022, pending completion of utility relocation.
Updated June 1, 2021
Design is approximately 90% complete. The right-of-way acquisition is complete. Funding for utility relocations was authorized by ALDOT in June 2020. Each utility company will be responsible for designing and performing relocations in conflict with the roadway project. Roadway construction will start upon the completion of sewer, electrical, fiber and gas relocations. Madison Sewer has recently relocated a sewer line on the south side of the road. Electric and gas relocations are currently under design.
Other utility relocations (water and COH sanitary sewer) are anticipated to be included in the roadway project scope. The roadway construction will be performed with a detour route in place for motorist to use Trademark Drive to maintain two-way traffic during construction which is anticipated to begin 2022 or as funding is allocated. This roadway construction project duration is estimated to be 18 months.
Updated Sept. 16, 2021
The contractor has shifted traffic to the future eastbound lanes between Jamar Circle and Williams Circle. Crews are approximately 90% done rebuilding and widening the westbound lanes to include new drainage, curb and roadway subgrade and pavement. The drainage work is complete and grading work is complete. The contractor has finished paving the binder layers for the future westbound lanes from Jamar Circle to Williams Circle.
Traffic has shifted to the eastbound lanes across the eight-barrel 10-foot-by-10-foot box culvert extension at Betts Springs, and work has begun on the westbound side. The old bridge is currently being removed and the contractor is dewatering the area to begin pouring the new culvert. Once the culvert is completed, the remainder of the curb and roadway pavement will be completed from Williams Circle to Old Jim Williams to complete the project.
The projected completion for the entire project is late Spring of 2022, weather permitting.
Updated Sept. 16, 2021
Paving of the final wearing surface is complete at the intersection of Madison Boulevard, along Shelton Road and Zierdt Road south to Mountain Brook Boulevard. All lanes of traffic are open at the Madison Boulevard intersection and all four lanes of Zierdt Road are open from Madison Boulevard to south Mountain Brook Boulevard. The permanent striping and pavement reflectors are completed for this area, and the Mountain Brook Subdivision traffic signal has been removed.
Work continues to reconstruct the southbound lanes of Zierdt Road from Edgewater Drive to Martin Road to include new drainage, curb, subgrade, paving and a multiuse path. Traffic has been shifted to the outside lanes along Zierdt in both the northbound and southbound directions. Crews are working in the median to finish the rest of the curb and pour channelizing islands at each crossroad. Work in this area is about 85% complete. Crews have completed all drainage and grading work and sod is continues to be placed as areas are completed. The final layer of asphalt will be placed once the remaining concrete work is completed.
Crews continue to work on Martin Road at the Zierdt Road intersection. Traffic has been shifted to the middle of the road so sidewalks and grading can be completed behind the curb. Traffic will then be shifted to the outside lanes so the concrete median islands can be poured on the west side of the intersection. The final asphalt layer will be placed once all concrete work is complete.
Huntsville Utilities has installed streetlights along Zierdt Road between Asbury Woods and Redstone Square. Design is completed and materials have been ordered to finish lighting the remainder of Zierdt Road from Madison Boulevard to Martin Road and Martin Road from Zierdt Road to Old Jim Williams Road The lights will be installed when the material arrives.
The projected completion for the entire project is fall 2021, weather permitting.
Updated Sept. 16, 2021
