Guest Opinion by Dr. Angelo “Doc” Mancuso
You can feel it every time you cross the river at Decatur—North Alabama is outgrowing its old roads.
For decades, the Tennessee River crossing at Decatur has carried the weight of a region that’s quietly become one of the most dynamic corridors in the Southeast. Huntsville’s rocket-fueled growth, the rise of Redstone Arsenal, the Toyota-Mazda plant, and the expanding web of suppliers and logistics hubs have all leaned on the same aging bottlenecks. We talk a lot about innovation, but we’re still funneling 21st‑century growth through mid‑20th‑century infrastructure…