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I-59/20 closure in downtown Birmingham to begin Jan. 21
Crews will close the bridges on Monday, Jan. 21, in order to demolish the existing bridges and build new ones. While the project is expected to keep the bridges closed for 14 months, the contractor has monetary incentives to finish early, ALDOT says.
January 15, 2019
Business
I-59/20 in downtown Birmingham to close for 14 months
While through-trucks are not supposed to take I-59/20 through downtown Birmingham, the closure will have an impact on I-459 and I-65, as they will be used as detours to get around the city.
December 26, 2018
Business
Reefer, van spot market demand remain high in the last week over much of the country
Last week, the national average reefer rate hit its highest mark in three years at $2.40 per mile, and the market has looked more like June than November.
November 22, 2017
Business
I-20/59 in Birmingham to close overnight Friday
The Alabama Department of Transportation, weather permitting, plans to close all northbound lanes west of the I-20/59 interchange.
November 9, 2017
Business
I-65 South closed to one lane south of Birmingham
An overturned 18-wheeler has one southbound lane of I-65 blocked, just south of Birmingham, Ala., as of Thursday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. Central time.
July 14, 2016
Channel 19
Tornado caught on owner-operators’ webcam
Owner-operators Randy Moyano and Ann Burt (pictured) run in a 1998 Peterbilt pulling a Fontaine RGN with Superior stinger axle for heavy/overdimensional loads, leased to Greentree Transportation. I met the pair a week ago today in Lebanon, Tenn., where I took this picture. They were deadheading west then all the way to Oklahoma to pick […]
April 29, 2011
Channel 19
Braving the storm — two haulers’ Birmingham tornado stories
“I just spent all day yesterday cleaning up tornado damage,” Overdrive Trucker of the Year Dan Heister told me this morning. Heister (pictured) was loaded heading south on I-65 bound for Saginaw, Ala., Wednesday afternoon, when he could see the big tornado that made its way into Cullman, Ala., around 3 p.m. that afternoon. “I […]
April 29, 2011
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