This speed limit sign on Highway 43 going down Lewis Hill toward Interstate 22 was recently changed from 45 mph to 50 mph as a safety measure.
HAMILTON — Before the start of two city meetings on Aug. 19, Hamilton Mayor Bob Page said he was notified earlier that day by Wes Spiller of the local Alabama Department of Transportation that they were changing the speed limit on Highway 43 South as you go down Lewis Hill, past where the trooper station is toward I-22.
The mayor said the state would be moving the speed limit up five miles per hour from 45 to 50 mph.
He said Spiller had told him there had been some rear-end crashes as the road merges there and accidents where people would overtake others on the road. He mentioned ALDOT had done a study on it.
“It looks like if they move the speed limit to 50 mph, it’d be a safer road,” he said. “I’m making that public announcement today and that will happen in the next few days, going from 45 to 50 to avoid crashes.”
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