Highway 280 Pump House Road Bridge Demolition: Detours & Updates

0:00Local headlines in two minutes or less, you're tuned in to Birmingham News today. Heads up for drivers in the mountainbrook area. The Alabama Department of Transportation is closing both lanes of Highway 280 this weekend to demolish the Pump House road bridge. The work kicks off at 11 p.m., Friday night, with Eastbound lanes staying shut until 5 a.m. Monday morning. This demolition is a key step in a $53 million project to smooth out traffic flow along the highway. Engineers need to remove the old bridge's supports, which stick into the roadway so they can widen 280 and build a new larger bridge with A. Continuous span across the lanes. Local drivers might feel the pinch with these changes, but officials have clear detour plans in place. They recommend exiting at Lake Shore Parkway, hopping on Interstate 65, then Interstate 459, and looping back to 280. Folks nearby can still access Rocky Ridge, Green Valley, or Pump House exits.

1:00Westbound lanes will reopen briefly from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Bulls Saturday and Sunday, so plan your trips around those windows. Audiot is also stressing a 45-mile per hour speed limit on the detours to keep everyone safe. Once the dust settles, the next phase involves setting girders for the new structure, though no firm start date is set yet. Stay tuned for updates as this project moves forward to easier daily commute.