Staff Reports

A four-mile segment of reconstructed I-59 northbound in DeKalb County opened to traffic Thursday. It includes the northbound Exit 231 ramps at SR-40/SR-117 in Hammondville.

Contractor A.G. Peltz Group replaced the old roadway with a new concrete roadway between milepost 229 and milepost 233.5. This concludes the first phase of a $40.8 million project to replace a total of about eight miles of roadway from Fort Payne to north of Hammondville.

The second phase will begin near milepost 225, north of Fort Payne, and end around milepost 229. The contractor must finish constructing crossovers before shifting all traffic to the southbound roadway later this summer. No exit ramps will impacted during the second phase.

The project is anticipated to be complete next spring.

In a separate $41 million project, Wiregrass Construction will use asphalt to reconstruct another eight miles of the northbound roadway, from north of Hammondville to the Georgia state line, with completion anticipated in late 2026.

Two other projects recently replaced nearly 20 miles of I-59 northbound in DeKalb County and northern Etowah County.

To date, the state’s investment in reconstructing the corridor north of Gadsden exceeds $150 million.