Finally someone else agrees with me on this... I reported this issue months ago and the city did nothing. See post here: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/1947096-just-days-away-from-deadly-wreck

This does need to be corrected. Does anyone know the injuries of the wreck yesterday? I saw it coming home and it was bad.

i shop at that holiday foods all the time and i learned to never try to turn in from patton because of the issue ^^ it would be nice to see something get done about it

The City of Huntsville has reviewed your service request, however Jordan Lane/ Patton Road is not under our purview. This road is owned and maintained by the Alabama Department of Transportation. We will be glad to include your item in our regular maintenance request report to ALDOT, however, you may wish to contact ALDOT directly at 256-837-0111.

Thank you,
Your Huntsville Connect Customer Service Team

ALDOT doesn't care about this area..& how are these local streets controlled by ALDOT?
How much work & money would it take to extend the concrete median? (as seen in attachment)

This road is an extension of HWY 53 which is a state maintained road just like the Parkway, I565, University Drive, Martin Luther King & Research Blvd to name a few. You will have to contact ALDOT for an estimate on the cost to do road construction on this particular road. Unfortunately, we do not have the information for a state maintained road.

Sincerely,
The Huntsville Connect Customer Service Team

I thought everything south of I-565 was not state maintained. Highway 53 peels off of Jordan at I-565 and follows Governors.

Thanks for explaining that. Curious question, how much of Patton Road is maintained by ALDOT?

I ask because, according to ALDOT maps, everything south of 565 are "city streets" http://www.dot.state.al.us/moweb/img/Back.pdf

There is often a lot of mis-understanding regarding which sections of local roads are controlled by either City, County, or State agencies. Still, I have commend the City of Huntsville's Traffic Engineering, its staff, and their willingness to investigate any potential issues with our transportation. If and when they do have any jurisdiction, anything I have brought forth to their attention has always received immediate action.

Agreed, Huntsville's Traffic Engineering staff is awesome. All "issues" I report are investigated and corrected in a timely matter. For this one, I think there might be a misunderstanding here about Patton Road.

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_53, https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/alabama/huntsville_al.pdf, and the signage on the Parkway at Governors and at Governors/565/Jordan (thank you Google Street View), in Huntsville, AL-53 comes up South Mem Pkwy, turns left on Governors Dr, turns right on Jordan Ln, and runs out towards Ardmore.

Most of Jordan Ln is AL-53, but NONE of Patton Rd is AL-53!

Huntsville City, please verify your earlier comments on this issue, as it seems Patton Rd from Drake to Bob Wallace IS, in fact, under your purview.

Thank you.

I will check on the status of Patton Road. The list I have for State roads list HWY 53, Jordan Lane & Patton Road. I will respond back momentarily.

The Huntsville Connect Customer Service Team

I contacted ALDOT:

Dear sir,

Thank you for your inquiry. It appears no portion of Patton Road falls under ALDOT’s jurisdiction. State ROW along Jordan Lane ends at Governor’s Drive. I believe the initial direction of this concern toward city officials was correct.

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Seth Burkett
North Region Information Specialist
Alabama Department of Transportation
1525 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400
Huntsville, AL 35086
Office: 256-505-4964
Mobile: 256-520-8530
burketts@dot.state.al.us

I do apologize for the incorrect information and I have updated the information I have on file to not include Patton road. I did speak with the city Engineer this morning as well as the Director of Public Works about the intersection. I printed out a big version of the original screen shot for them to look at. A study of the area will be done to see how this issue can be addressed. Unfortunately, they can not extend the concrete median out because traffic coming from Holiday Foods will not be able to turn Southbound on Patton Road also this stops the flow of traffic towards that business and other businesses that are in that area. Multiple departments will be involved in the evaluation of this area to see what type of actions are appropriate.

The Huntsville Connect Customer Service Team

Awesome! Thank you!!

This request is going to forwarded to the Police Department to request that this area be monitored for speeding as well.

The Huntsville Connect Customer Service Team

Huntsville Connect Customer Service assigned this issue to Huntsville Police Department

Thank you. West Precinct will assign officers to monitor the area for violators.

Sorry for delay, let me recheck back and find out. This may also need to include Traffic Engineer.

Thank you, HPD.
This is still a major issue. Every day I see a car nearly get hit head-on by others flying down the "suicide" lane.

Thank you. Will have shift patrol monitor with frequent patrols.