HUNTSVILLE — Spirits were lifted Thursday, as was the final beam, during a topping-out ceremony at Huntsville Hospital’s Madison Street Tower.
The $150 million Madison Street Tower addition reached its final height of 132 feet, 4 inches. Construction now shifts to the interior of the building.
With a crowd of hospital system officials and staff looking on, a crane from general contractor Robins & Morton lifted the final steel beam into place, signaling the end of the five-story high vertical construction.
The addition will feature 120 patient rooms with the latest technology plus more space for
advanced cardiovascular and neurologic care.
The expanded tower will help reduce ER wait times when it opens in 2027, hospital officials said.
Project details
- 154,000 square feet
- 120 private patient rooms
- Neuro Intensive Care Unit for neurosurgical and stroke patients
- Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit made possible a $10 million gift, the largest private gift Huntsville Hospital has ever received
- Three floors of new acute medical space
- Improved Emergency Department entrance on Madison Street
- Brings hospital’s total bed count to 931, up from 881 today
- More beds for emergency patients who need to be admitted to the hospital, freeing up ER exam rooms and helping improve wait times
- Eliminates all semi-private (shared) rooms at Huntsville Hospital
- Architect: Chapman Sisson Architects
- General contractor: Robins & Morton
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