Daily Lane Closures Begin Today on U.S. 431
De Armanville, AL · November 12, 2026
Expect to tap your brakes heading north this morning, as state highway crews begin peeling back asphalt along U.S. 431. If you can dodge the work zones, tonight's live jazz across the valley makes for an easy reward.
The Lead
Commuters bound for Gadsden and points north should build extra cushion into their daily drive starting today. The Alabama Department of Transportation is launching a $5.7 million resurfacing initiative covering five miles of divided four-lane highway on U.S. 431, stretching from the Calhoun County boundary up to Banks Street.
Contractor Vulcan Materials plans to deploy daily lane closures as heavy machinery planes down deteriorated asphalt before laying fresh pavement. The resurfacing coincides with an ongoing $1.1 million intersection overhaul at Green Valley Road, where construction crews are installing a Continuous Green T signal system to smooth highway merging. Drivers will encounter shifting single-lane traffic zones throughout both directions during daylight hours. ALDOT plans to complete the intersection paving concurrently with the main corridor, with flaggers directing motorists through work areas as milling gets underway this morning.
Local Pulse
Salvation Army Launches Annual Red Kettle Drive Community Volunteers and bell ringers return to area storefronts this week aiming to aid 650 children across Calhoun County.
Exchange Club Marks Ninety Years of Service Community Civic members gather midday in Jacksonville to celebrate nine decades of educational scholarships and local community outreach.
Today's Outlook
- High 63°F · Low 47°F — Overcast (32% chance of precipitation)
- Keep a light jacket handy and expect gray skies during your morning drive.
What's On Around Town
Today
- Free Play at Carver Carver Community Center (720 W 14th St), Anniston, 5:00–7:00 PM · Free Safe indoor gym time and casual pickup games for local youth.
- Steppin' Out Dance Fitness Norwood Hodges Community Center, Anniston, 5:30–6:15 PM High-energy community dance aerobics session welcoming all fitness and experience levels.
- Signature Club Jazz: Swing Oxford Performing Arts Center (100 Choccolocco St), Oxford, 8:00 PM · Paid Vintage big-band jazz rhythms performed live inside the historic downtown auditorium.
Tomorrow
- Annual Caregiver Conference JSU McClellan Centre (100 Gamecock Dr), Anniston, 7:30 AM–4:30 PM
- Coffee with the Chamber Called Coffee Company (1400 Quintard Ave), Anniston, 9:30–10:30 AM · Free
Saturday
- Running on Faith 5K Anniston Aquatic & Fitness Center, Anniston, 8:00 AM · $30
- D&D at the Library Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County (108 E 10th St), Anniston, 1:00–4:00 PM · Free
- Christmas at Kress The Kress Anniston (1108 Noble St), Anniston, 5:00 PM · Free
Spotlight & Story
- The Anniston Inn Kitchen
- Perched above Zinn Park on West 15th Street, this four-story brick landmark opened in 1885 with a rare on-site dynamo powering Alabama’s first electric hotel lights. When a catastrophic 1923 fire leveled the sprawling main resort, only this Queen Anne wing endured.
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