The Pensacola Bay Bridge, also known locally as the Three-Mile Bridge, runs between downtown Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, Florida. It carries six lanes of U.S. Highway 98 across Pensacola Bay. The contractor for the bridge was Skanska and the project site has a highly variable subsurface condition. The soil profile consists of a very loose … Read More
The Birmingham Northern Beltline is a 52-mile, six lane corridor that will eventually stretch from I-59 in northeast Jefferson County to the I-459 interchange with I-59/I-20 near Bessemer. BHATE has provided geotechnical services for design of certain ALDOT assigned segments on this major highway construction project and will continue to be involved with this project … Read More
The Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened to highway traffic on October 18, 1996. The tunnels are located in the Cumberland Mountains of the Appalachian Range, where the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia converge. Each tube is 32 feet wide and 16.5 feet high and carries two lanes of traffic. Construction was done by a Joint … Read More
Conceived as part of the Appalachian Development Highway System to bring mobility and economic development to underserved areas of the region Interstate 22, the ALDOT Corridor X travels through 96.5 miles delivering interstate mobility and growth to emergent northwest Alabama communities. BHATE provided preconstruction drilling services on segments of this project to determine the site … Read More
The elevated portions of I-59/I-20 through downtown Birmingham’s Central Business District were over 40 years old, in disrepair, needed upgrading. The CBD Bridge Project is the largest project in ALDOT history. The scope of work includes replacement of the I-59/I-20 bridges, and approaches on I-59/I-20 from the I-65 interchange to north of the 31st Street … Read More
50 Years of Advancing Infrastructure in the Southeast PROJECTS Terrapin Creek Bridge
