FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2023
Expect I-59 southbound lane closures in DeKalb County
HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists to expect single-lane
closures on Interstate 59 from north of Hammondville to Fort Payne beginning Monday, March 20.
Contractor A.G. Peltz Group will repair concrete slabs on the southbound roadway. The repairs are in
preparation for all traffic on I-59 to be shifted to the southbound roadway while an eight-mile segment
of the northbound roadway is removed and reconstructed.
Once repairs to the southbound roadway are complete, the contractor will begin constructing
temporary crossovers in the median for the anticipated traffic shift. During that work, motorists should
be aware of the potential for single-lane closures in either direction.
The $40.8 million project to replace the northbound roadway from mile marker 225 to 233 is anticipated
to be complete in two years.
A recent $25.2 million project replaced about eight miles of the northbound roadway through Fort
Payne. An ongoing $44 million project is reconstructing nearly 11 miles of the northbound roadway from
north of Reece City to Collinsville.
