Code of Alabama
Article 6 - Vacation of Streets for Erection of Public Buildings, Etc.
Section 11-49-104 - Portion of Street to Remain Open to Travel and Traffic.

A sufficiently ample portion of the highway or thoroughfare which such street in whole or in part constitutes shall remain open to accommodate the travel and traffic of the owners of abutting property and of the general public, and not more than one half of the width of such highway or thoroughfare shall be vacated for the purposes mentioned in Section 11-49-100.