You might have been able to use it on your way home, Friday. The 5th Street bridge has been closed for several months, but is now reopened to traffic coming from North Augusta.

It is almost finished: the Palmetto Parkway project has come miles in the last few months…and crews tell us, they expect to beat their December 31st deadline to open the parkway.

You may have seen the highway signs Tuesday morning…giving an Amber Alert. Those signs were activated statewide Tuesday morning, to let anyone on South Carolina roads know that a child was missing. But, the signs did not give you any idea what was going on…or what to look for. Why did Amber Alert signs give no details…saying only “tune to local media”? WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, get answers.

South Carolina Department of Transportation officials want to hear what Aiken residents want to see done about traffic issues on Silver Bluff Road. Thursday night, they meet together to get feedback from the community, and pitch some new ideas of their own. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe explains.

There’s a draining problem for some Edgefield County residents. It’s been four months since ‘road closed’ signs went up on Holmes Pond Road…and so far, there’s been no repairs done. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe looks for answers as to why the road has not been repaired.

The state of South Carolina has put up new highway signs and is running public service announcements on television to make sure everyone knows about a law that’s been on the book for years. It’s called the “Move Over” law, which requires drivers to move over if possible, or at least slow down, when they come upon an emergency vehicle that’s stopped on the side of the road. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

The signs say “road closed”...but that doesn’t stop drivers from using Gray Mare Hollow Road, in Aiken. They say, after 14 months of construction, it’s time to move along. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

South Carolina taxpayers concerned about how federal stimulus money is spent will be able to keep track of not only how it’s spent, but what effect the money has. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has the story.

Workers are patching cracks in South Carolina’s most expensive bridge, even though it’s less than four years old. Robert Clark with the state Transportation Department says the work should help ensure the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge lasts for a century.

South Carolina wants highway travelers coming through the state to know it was once home to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

South Carolina’s Department of Transportation isn’t waiting for President Obama to sign an economic stimulus plan before exploring how to spend the money.

Snow in the CSRA meant some people got to sleep in…others got the day off! News Channel 6’s Joy Howe went out and got a chance to join some people enjoying the snow on Inauguration Day.

There was a plan to use public money to put a fence around a private junkyard. Aiken County Council was in favor of that idea, until Tuesday night. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for more on the story.