10 19 03
Temporary (but inconvenient) detour:
Alabama Highway 171 North


Here construction begins on the overpass at the
Western Bypass. The overpass will be about 2 1/2 miles from the southern terminus of 171.
View from the southern bank of the 171 overpass along the WBP headed west. The lanes have been striped and signed to some extent -- there are speed limits and signs identifying the crossing streets -- but the bypass itself is not marked from US 82 or US 43, except as a detour for State Route 171.
more WBP pics:
western end at US 82

earlier barricades just west of here
(Flatwoods)

unstriped stretches of the bypass

Eastern Bypass:
sunrise over the Bryant Bridge
related photos:
downtown Northport

downtown Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa Airport

Eastern Bypass (Paul W. Bryant)
Bridge

west Alabama - east Mississippi
during interstate construction

(map)