Widening Of I-65 To Begin This Week

PELHAM, AL - A $67.5 million project approved last month to widen parts of Interstate 65 between Pelham and Alabaster will begin this week. The scope of the project involves widening the 3.5 mile stretch of I-65 from from Exit 238 in Alabaster to Exit 242 in Pelham from four lanes to six.

According to a report from the Birmingham Business Journal, Birmingham-based Dunn Construction and Dothan-based Wiregrass Construction Co. have received the green light to begin work on the project.

"By expanding I-65 in Shelby County, we are not only meeting a long-overlooked need in our state, we are also signaling that economic development is central to my administration and that Alabama is open for business, Ivey said in a May statement. "I instructed Director Cooper to move forward with this project because it is the right thing to do for the people and businesses of Alabama."

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