Alabama’s transportation director was jailed late Monday morning on a harassment charge in north Alabama, records showed.

John Cooper, transportation director for the Alabama Department of Transportation, was in the Marshall County Jail for about 30 minutes before posting $500 bond on a charge of harassment/intimidation, according to jail records.

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office could not immediately be reached for details on the allegations against Cooper, 75.

Cooper has served as transportation director for ALDOT since 2011.

Efforts to reach ALDOT and Gov. Kay Ivey’s for comment were not immediately successful.

The Alabama State Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision earlier this month, denied an emergency motion to stay a lower court’s decision for contractors to discontinue building the two-lane bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway. The emergency request to allow the project to continue was filed by Cooper on May 18.

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Cooper was the CEO of Avocent Corp. in Huntsville from 2002 until 2008 and was also chairman of Avocent’s board from 2003-2008.

From 1996-2001, Cooper was chief financial officer and senior vice president finance and administration for Adtran Inc. of Huntsville, a global telecommunications provider.