Reviewed by: Mary Helene Hall
US-31 nightly lane closures hit Homewood, Vestavia through 2027
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For the next nine months, if you are traveling south from downtown Birmingham on US-31 into Homewood or north from Vestavia through Homewood on 31, be prepared for possible nightly lane closures.
2.4 mile stretch of US-31 through Homewood
This week, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced it has begun work on a 2.4 mile stretch of the Old Montgomery Highway starting at the intersection of Merchants Walk and Ventura Avenue in Homewood and ending at Shades Crest Road in Vestavia Hills.
Work on the roadway will be done daily at night and early morning between 7PM to 6AM.
The initial portion of the road project will start at the Homewood Ventura and 28th Street entrance, where they will conduct the following work:
- Concrete work in the median
- Grading + base work for any new widened areas
- Continued traffic signal improvement
- Resurfacing on US-31 from Shades Crest Road to Ventura Avenue
Resurfacing is expected to be done near the end of the project. According to ALDOT, the contractor is expected to finish the project in June 2027.
“We are excited for ALDOT to get this project underway, which was made possible by a $2 million A-TRIPP-II grant as part of Governor Ivey’s Rebuild Alabama Act. We look forward to a safer and more efficient passageway along Highway 31.”
Homewood Mayor Jennifer Andress
Additional Homewood road projects
The work on Old Montgomery Highway is not the only road project occurring in and around Homewood.
Motorists are experiencing a lane closure during the day near the construction of the new Piggly Wiggly on 31.
In August, work also began on the Hollywood Boulevard overpass between Homewood, Birmingham and Mountain Brook.
