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ALDOT: bridge program progress, IIJA bridge formula ranking and planned bridge-prioritization training
Summary
ALDOT staff briefed lawmakers on bridge replacement and condition, said Alabama ranked among the top states with bridges in fair or poor condition under the IIJA bridge formula, and offered a detailed training on ALDOT’s bridge project prioritization.
Ed Austin, chief engineer at the Alabama Department of Transportation, told the Joint Transportation Oversight Committee that the IIJA-established bridge formula — which targets funds based on bridge condition rather than population — identified Alabama as relatively high in bridges rated fair or poor under that metric.
Austin said Alabama historically prioritized bridges through earlier state funding efforts (he cited a 1992 five-cent gas tax that spurred bridge work), and that the state’s inventory of bridges previously rated structurally deficient has decreased substantially over decades. He told the committee that ALDOT typically advances roughly 15 bridge…
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