June 19, 2025

Fairhope Triangle Area Getting New “Roundabout”

By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

June 19, 2025

FAIRHOPE, Ala. A road construction project in Fairhope is underway and will cause some traffic inconveniences for the next few weeks.

Triangle Drive is now closed from Section Street to Washington Drive.

The city has set up detours along Gayfer Avenue, Volanta Avenue and Highway 98. North Section Street and Main Street will also remain open to traffic and can be used as a detour.

Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan said that a roundabout is being constructed at intersections of Triangle Drive, Veterans Drive, Main Street and North Section Street intersections near the iconic Fairhope clock and flower garden. This will help with safety, traffic flow and hopefully prevent wrecks Sullivan said.

Fairhope police say that the triangle area can be problematic to navigate for some people which has caused numerous wrecks there during recent years.

This is also the same area where an underground pedestrian tunnel has been under construction since March, closing Veteran’s Drive to traffic.

“We’re putting in the curbing and putting in another segment of the roundabout, we expect that to be about a three-week closure,” Sullivan said.

“We know these road improvements sometimes can be inconvenient to people. We ask for you to be patient with us,” Sullivan said. “We are doing this not only for the here and now, but for the future of Fairhope. It’s going to make that intersection so much better.”

The mayor said that the work will continue through the summer on the project. The city expects the entire roundabout to be finished as soon as October or early November before the holiday season begins.