City of Birmingham to close two viaducts due to flooding potential
September 16, 2020 – The City of Birmingham will close the Sixth Avenue South bridge (700 block of Sixth Avenue South) and the viaduct at Messer Airport (32nd Street) at 3 p.m., Wednesday, September 16 due to the potential for heavy rains as Tropical Storm Sally moves inland.
The closures are to provide safeguards to motorists and city employees due to the potential for flooding during heavy rains. The Sixth Avenue South bridge is currently undergoing a $2.4 million construction project to remediate flooding.
The city will provide an update when these two locations will reopen based on weather conditions.
In addition to the closures, Department of Public Works employees continue to be proactive in cleaning storm drain inlets and clearing debris from ditches. The locations public works crews have serviced in the last 24 hours include, but are not limited to:
- 4347 First Avenue South
- Seventh Street and University Boulevard
- Fayette Avenue at 18th Street Southwest
- 501 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
- Goldwire Street and Greensprings Avenue
- Fourth Avenue South and 12th Street to 14th Street
- Third Avenue North
- Fifth Avenue South
- Sixth Street North
- Sixth Avenue South
- 5565 and 5525 13th Avenue South
Anyone wanting to report an area may call 311. Text updates on closed roads can be provided by
texting the keyword BHMINFO to 888-777.
