阿拉巴马州1.67亿美元大桥合同落地：Tuscaloosa 老桥将换六车道新桥 2027年初开工
阿拉巴马州州长 Kay Ivey 10月15日宣布，州交通厅（ALDOT）已把更换 Tuscaloosa 的 Woolsey Finnell 大桥及改造 US-82（McFarland Boulevard）的合同授予 Scott Bridge Company，合同金额1.67亿美元，为三家投标方中的最低价，授标于10月14日完成。
新桥将取代横跨 Black Warrior River 的现有四车道老桥，建成六车道，并设行人与自行车共用道；项目同时更换 Campus Drive 桥并拓宽 McFarland Boulevard，路段全长约1.5英里，从 Rice Mine Road 附近延伸至 University Boulevard 立交。这条走廊日均车流量约5万辆。
项目资金中包括前联邦参议员 Richard Shelby 在2023年联邦综合拨款法案中争取的1亿美元专项拨款。工程预计2027年初开工、工期最长四年，施工期间 US-82 每个方向保持两条车道通行。Ivey 表示，新桥将缓解这条 Tuscaloosa 最繁忙走廊的拥堵与安全问题。
Alabama Awards $167 Million Contract to Replace Tuscaloosa's Woolsey Finnell Bridge With a Six-Lane Span
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has awarded a $167 million contract to Scott Bridge Company — the lowest of three bidders, in an award made on October 14 — to replace Tuscaloosa's Woolsey Finnell Bridge and improve US-82 (McFarland Boulevard).
The project will replace the aging four-lane bridge over the Black Warrior River with a modern six-lane span including a shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists, replace the Campus Drive bridge, and widen McFarland Boulevard. The roughly 1.5-mile project runs from near Rice Mine Road to the University Boulevard interchange, on a corridor carrying about 50,000 vehicles a day.
Funding includes a $100 million federal earmark secured by former Senator Richard Shelby in the 2023 omnibus spending bill. Construction is expected to begin in early 2027 and take up to four years, with two lanes of traffic maintained in each direction on US-82 throughout.
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图片来源：Tuscaloosa 的 Black Warrior River。图：John C. Watkins V／Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。The Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa. Photo: John C. Watkins V / Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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