 This is the route that ALDOT eventually selected for the Northern Beltline.In 2000, the Northern Beltline was added to the area’s Transportation Plan, and in 2001, Senator Richard Shelby and Congressman Spencer Bachus secured $60 million to buy right of-way and do preliminary engineering for the route.In 2003, Shelby secured an additional $2 million for the continued purchasing of right-of-way.