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10:
Interstate 10 in Alabama (I-10) has a length of approximately 66 miles
all of which was totally repaved with its completion in 2002. I-10 is
called the freeway of the Deep South along the portion connecting
Houston to New Orleans. Unlike the western portion that runs through
wide-open spaces, the Deep South freeway is bordered by trees and,
except in the elevated sections, gives the appearance of traveling in a
tunnel of greenery.
Interstate 10
crosses eastwest at the southernmost portion of Alabama, entering the
state at Moss Point, Mississippi, and leaving near Pensacola, Florida.
The I-10 corridor aids in cross-country travel, commerce, and hurricane
evacuation.
I-10’s trip through Alabama hugs the southern coast and the only major
city it passes through is Mobile. Mobile is also where the traffic of
I-10 sees its only bottleneck.
In the state of Alabama, Interstate 10 may get a new alignment via a new
bridge over the Mobile River and see its twin viaduct over Mobile Bay,
the Mobile Bayway, widen to eight lanes from four with wider shoulders.
Currently in the funding stages, officials must secure $350 million,
primarily in federal dollars, for the proposed six-lane 2,300-foot-long
bridge over the Mobile River. The bridge and new alignment would bypass
the only tunnel on all of Interstate 10. Once the bridge is completed,
it is unclear what designation would be given to the current alignment
of Interstate 10 through the tunnel. |
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Serving the city of Mobile, Interstate 10 also
acts as the main route to the growing eastern suburbs in Baldwin County along
the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. ALDOT has an ambitious plan to six-lane all of
Interstate 10 on its 66-mile trek across southwestern Alabama.
Overall, the highway is fairly safe, but problem areas involve the left-hand
merge of Interstate 65 southbound onto Interstate 10 eastbound, and the
narrowing of the freeway from eight lanes to four through the George C. Wallace
Tunnel. The tunnel issue is currently being tackled by ALDOT with a proposal for
a new high-level cable-stayed bridge over the Mobile River. The new span will
carry six lanes and open sometime on or after 2012. The project will coincide
with an eight-laning of the 8-mile Mobile Bayway. The causeway currently sees
four lanes of traffic. While it flows fairly well right now, increasing
congestion is likely due to development along the Mobile Bay Eastern Shore.
Interstate 10 outside of Mobile is a typical rural
southern Interstate flanked by stands of pine forest. The crossing over Mobile
Bay is appealing, with views of the horizon to the south and marshland to the
north. A surprisingly striking view of downtown Mobile is afforded to motorists
just outside of the Wallace Tunnel west portal. Otherwise, I-10 through the city
of Mobile has minimal landscaping, with declining industrial areas and working
class neighborhoods fronting the freeway between downtown and Interstate 65
Interstate 65 in Mobile, Alabama, I-210, was planned as a bypass of Mobile,
Alabama, but it was never completed. The highway was eventually renamed I-165.
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