JEFFERSON COUNTY - AL -
The Alabama Department of
Transportation says a month-long project to improve travel on Interstate 20 in
Birmingham to U.S. 78 in Leeds will begin Sunday night.
Phase one of Progress 20's I-20 reconstruction
will begin at 7:00 p.m., if weather allows. Crews will begin patching eastbound
and westbound lanes of I-20 in Birmingham, which will involve various lane
closures from the I-20/I-459 Interchange to the Bass Pro Shop Exit in Leeds.
After patching, lanes will be milled for slope correction, then paved, and finally
restriped.
ALDOT says the work is expected to
take four weeks.
Drivers will not need to worry about
any detours. Westbound lanes will reopen at 5 a.m. and eastbound lanes will
reopen at 6 a.m. every day.
Approximately 72,000 cars drive every
day past the Birmingham Airport and continue on I-20 to the U.S. 78 Exit in
Leeds. The Department of Transportation says the concrete and asphalt have worn
out due to traffic and heavy loads carried by large trucks.
The reconstruction is part of ALDOT's
$38.5 million project will rebuild 9.8 miles of the interstate in both
directions. It's expected to be completed by late 2013.
For more information, please visit www.dot.state.al.us.
