A red light is being removed from a notorious Phenix City intersection leading to Columbus, Georgia. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will return the right turn from US-280 West onto US-80 East to a free flow condition on the evening of Sunday, November 1, 2026.
As part of this change, the right-turn signal heads and stop bar will be covered temporarily until crews can schedule complete removal of these items. The change is not due to extreme public backlash over traffic jams at the heavily traveled intersection since the red light was installed.
According to ALDOT, this update follows the recent completion of the dual left-turn modifications onto US-80. Those lanes have transitioned into a merge condition to continue across the bridge…