Be prepared for U.S. 280 intersection changes

ALDOT is encouraging drivers to familiarize themselves with changes to U.S. 280. Find your intersection below. Intersections are linked to official ALDOT renderings.

Beginning just before The Summit and moving East down U.S. 280, here is what drivers can expect to encounter at the intersections to be updated after Aug. 5.

• Brookwood Green Trace West – A concrete island is being installed to eliminate turning left from Brookwood Green Trace onto U.S. 280 eastbound to improve safety.

• Cahaba Ridge Road / Dolly Ridge Road – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections. A third left-turn lane is being added from Cahaba River Road to U.S. 280 westbound.

• Chevron median intersection – The grass median is being extended into the intersection to eliminate left turns from the service station parking lot onto U.S. 280 westbound.

• Summit Boulevard – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections.

• Grandview Parkway / Perimeter Park South (west intersection) – The traffic signal is being relocated to Perimeter Park South East, and a concrete island is being installed in the median. The intersection will be right-in, right-out only.

• Perimeter Park South East – A signal is being installed for eastbound traffic. ALDOT is installing an “Alabama T” at this intersection, which features a channelized acceleration lane for vehicles turning left onto U.S. 280 from Perimeter Park South.

• Grandview Parkway (east intersection) – The traffic signal remains, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections. Second turn lanes are being installed from Grandview South onto 280 westbound and from 280 eastbound to Grandview North. The median opening east of this intersection is being removed.

• Cahaba River Road / Fire Station – The traffic signal will remain, but will be for emergency use only.

• Riverview Road – A second left turn lane is being added from U.S. 280 westbound onto Riverview Road.

• Cahaba Park Circle (west intersection) – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections. Dual left-turn lanes are being added from the Target access.

• Cahaba Park Circle (east intersection) – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel from Cahaba Park Circle to Key Drive is being eliminated. A second left-turn lane is being added from Cahaba Park Circle to U.S. 280 eastbound. Direct access to Riverview Animal Clinic from U.S. 280 is being removed.

Key Drive is being converted to right-in, right-out only. To access Key Drive from U.S. 280 westbound, drivers will use U-turn maneuvers or the left-turn lane at the Cahaba Park Circle west intersection, which connects to Cahaba River Road.

• Resource Center Drive – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated with the addition of a grass median. Traffic turning left from U.S. 280 westbound onto Resource Center Drive will be protected by a concrete channel during acceleration for safety.

• Inverness Parkway – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections. A third left-turn lane will be added from Inverness Parkway northbound, and a second left-turn lane will be added from Inverness Parkway southbound.

• Inverness Center Drive / Greenhill Parkway – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections. Additional U-turn lanes are being added for U.S. 280 eastbound and westbound traffic.

• Valleydale Road / Cahaba Beach Road – Left turns from Valleydale and Cahaba Beach Roads will occur simultaneously with left turns from U.S. 280 eastbound and westbound by installing a “Michigan left.”  

While on U.S. 280, eastbound and westbound drivers who wish to turn left onto Valleydale and Cahaba Beach Roads will be directed straight through the intersection and into U-turn lanes in front of Home Depot and the east end of Inverness Corners.

When the signal at the U-turn turns green, drivers will complete the U-turn and return to the Valleydale intersection and make a right turn. This design allows for a reduction in wait time for U.S. 280 drivers by allowing eight lanes to simultaneously maneuver instead of the current four.

• Brook Highland Parkway / Meadow Brook Drive – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections.

Left-turn lanes from U.S. 280 eastbound onto Brook Highland Parkway will be extended. The median opening that currently allows U.S. 280 westbound traffic to access Meadowview Drive will be removed. A second left-turn lane will be added from Inverness Parkway northbound to access U.S. 280 westbound.

• Corporate Parkway – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections. A second left-turn lane is being added for U.S. 280 westbound traffic.

• Meadowlark Drive - Grass medians are being extended to limit access points from business parking lots connected to highway. A concrete island is being installed in the median at the Meadowlark Drive intersection to eliminate left turns from side streets to U.S. 280 eastbound and westbound.

• Hugh Daniel Drive – The traffic signal will remain, but direct travel across the intersection from side streets is being eliminated. These maneuvers would require U-turns at other intersections.