State to open bids Friday on I-565 widening
The Alabama Department of Transportation will hold the construction bid opening Friday on the widening of Interstate 565.
ALDOT spokesman Seth Burkett said the estimated $17 million project will widen about 7.5 miles of I-565 from Interstate 65 to just west of County Line Road.
Burkett said the hope is the state will be able to issue a notice to proceed in late June or July. The project is scheduled to be finished in December 2021, although the contractor will likely receive financial incentives for early completion.
The I-565 widening project wasn’t on the state’s schedule until another 10 to 20 years, but the new Mazda Toyota USA plant under construction in Greenbrier led to project being moved up. The plant is expected to hire about 4,000 people.
