Drivers react to closure of US-280 at Pump House Road for road widening project

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) — Bridge demolition work at Pump House Road gets underway Friday evening, leading to the closure of a portion of Highway 280. The Alabama Department of Transportation advises drivers to plan alternate routes or to use the detour they will have set up this weekend.

The $53 million project will widen a portion of Highway 280 and re-surface the road from Homewood to the Cahaba River Bridge.

Friday night, crews plan to shut down all lanes of Highway 280 in both directions beginning at 11 p.m…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS