By NEAL WAGNER / Managing Editor

The Alabama Department of Transportation is continuing to hold nightly lane closures on Interstate 65 and portions of U.S. 280, as crews work on repaving and sinkhole-repair projects.

In its list of weekly road advisories, ALDOT is warning drivers to plan for significant delays if traveling on the roadways during the nighttime hours over the next several weeks.

Each Sunday through Thursday night from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the next few months, crews will hold nightly lane closures on Interstate 65 northbound between the Propst Promenade exit in Alabaster and the tank farm exit in Pelham.

The nightly lane closures on I-65 northbound will come as crews work to repair and repave the roadway, which was identified as in need of attention by the ALDOT road review division a few years ago, ALDOT engineer Gary Smith said previously.

According to an ALDOT road advisory, the repaving project likely will be completed by mid-November, and will include new bridge rails and a traffic detection pole. ALDOT completed repaving and repairing I-65 southbound between the tank farm and Promenade exits over the summer.

ALDOT also is warning of possible delays further north on I-65, as crews are continuing work to repair sinkholes and replace concrete flumes between the Alabama 119 exit in Pelham and the Valleydale Road exit in Hoover.

According to ALDOT, heavy equipment may be working near the roadway, possibly requiring lane closures.

In eastern Shelby County, ALDOT is continuing a project to make improvements at the intersection of U.S. 280 and Alabama 119.

Each night through Nov. 1, crews will hold lane closures between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. to perform repaving on Alabama 119 between Corporate Drive and Greystone Way and on U.S. 280 eastbound and westbound between Brook Highland Drive and Hugh Daniel Drive.

Once completed, the project will add additional lanes to U.S. 280 through the intersection.