Alabama has had a long history of having the 8-foot sections of concrete payments buckling in that area. I59 in the Gadsden and Fort Payne area was very bad for years. Haven't been that way in awhile now so don't know if it was ever fixed or. All of the truckers would run in the very far left hand lanes or run on the side of the highway (at full speed mind you)... I was working in Wichita Falls with the NAVY SPAWAR Charleston SC bunch and made several trips up and down that stretch of road in a three-four month period. My OFF-ROAD POPUP TRAILER would be coming off the ground just running 45MPH. Every 8-foot concrete slab was buckled on the right side of the Interstate roadway for many miles.. I couldn't run the left hand side of the Interstate for fear I would get run over by the heavy Truck traffic haha... This was in the early 2000's
It bounced my trailer so bad my roof mounted air conditioner worked it self loose and I almost lost it one trip before I noticed it was so loose... Nothing like doing air conditioner maintenance in a Alabama reststop on I65 pull out area haha... My air conditioner was so loose it has rotated in the 14-inch square hole some. I saw it bouncing funny looking back in my mirror's
I have never been through the city of Birmingham but have been on the I59 bypass around the south of the town and connected to I65 to head for Tuscaloosa to pick up US82 to head on in to Wichita Falls TX. The I65 road between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa was always under some sort of construction back then...
Roy Ken
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