With the I-10 Mobile River Bridge finally headed toward groundbreaking, Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis says the elevated interstate ramps feeding Water Street should come down to open downtown Mobile to the river.
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Coverage of ALDOT from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Congressman Shomari Figures Says Federal Government Shortchanged the Mobile River Bridge
As Alabama Republicans credited the White House for moving the I-10 bridge forward, Mobile’s congressman argued the federal government has given the project far less direct funding than a project of its size warrants.
Baldwin County
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Rising Costs Split the I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Into Two Phases
ALDOT will build the six-lane Mobile River Bridge first and re-stripe the existing Bayway in the meantime. Construction starts by the end of 2026, with toll rates set and the tunnels remaining free.
Baldwin County
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ALDOT Wants Local Voices in the Road Plan That Will Shape Mobile and Baldwin Through 2050
Alabama transportation officials held a public open house in Mobile as they update the state’s long-range plan through 2050, with Baldwin County growth a central concern for future road funding.
Mobile
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St. Louis Street Rebuild Passes the Halfway Mark as Downtown Mobile Corridor Takes Shape
The $16 million St. Louis Street reconstruction has reached block eight of 17, rebuilding one of downtown Mobile’s busiest business corridors from the water mains up while keeping traffic moving.
Baldwin County
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Foley Closes the Last Gap in a Four-Mile Sidewalk Network Along Alabama 59
Construction has begun on the final 1.25-mile stretch of Foley’s Alabama 59 sidewalk system, a project largely funded by a federal grant that will complete continuous pedestrian access through the heart of the city.
Baldwin County
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Gulf Shores Mayor Says the New One-Way Bridge Gets People In, but Not Out
Mayor Robert Craft says the new Intracoastal Waterway bridge is working as an inbound route but has left most of the island with a single realistic way off, and he wants the one-way pattern reversed.
Mobile
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Mobile County Commission Backs a New I-10 Bridge Over the Mobile River
The Mobile County Commission issued a joint statement backing a proposed I-10 bridge over the Mobile River, calling the $700 million-to-$1 billion crossing vital to public safety and the region’s economy.
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Years On, Mobile Still Argues Over Whether the I-165 Expressway Was Worth It
With a new Mobile River bridge under discussion, longtime observers looked back at the bruising 1980s battle over an elevated downtown expressway and asked whether time had settled the question.
Mobile
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Three Finalist Routes for I-10 Mobile River Bridge Stir Waterfront Worry
State highway planners narrowed 14 possible crossings of the Mobile River to just three, none of them the northern route favored by preservationists, reviving a fight that echoed the 1980s expressway battle.