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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$67,459,266

Department of Transportation·Federal Highway Administration

to ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WORK BEGAN·LATEST ACTION2026-05-04·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_693JJ22330000Y001ALI085378_069
Award description

PROJECT TITLE: I-85 ADDITIONAL LANES FROM THE END OF THE SIX LANES AT TAYLOR ROAD (SR-271) TO JUST SOUTH OF JENKINS CREEK (BIN 9004, 9005, 9006, 9007) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-85 ADDITIONAL LANES FROM THE END OF THE SIX LANES AT TAYLOR ROAD (SR-271) TO JUST SOUTH OF JENKINS CREEK (BIN 9004, 9005, 9006, 9007)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Funds additional lanes on Interstate 85 in Alabama from Taylor Road to Jenkins Creek, extending a six-lane section.

Sub-sectors
highway-infrastructurefhwa-formula-grantinterstate-expansion
Why this matters

Part of ongoing interstate modernization to reduce congestion and improve freight mobility on a major East Coast corridor.

Supply-chain signal

Will drive demand for construction materials, asphalt, concrete, and heavy equipment suppliers serving the Southeast region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.002784.

Period of performance
Start
End
2032-04-30
Status
activein 2131 days
Sources

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