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.
Tag: Bayway
Coverage of Bayway from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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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Byrne Points to Gulf Energy Revenue as Funding Source for I-10 Bridge
Rep. Bradley Byrne says Gulf oil and gas revenue sharing could help pay for the proposed I-10 Bridge and Bayway expansion in Mobile.
Mobile
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Massive Orange Lift Vessel Spotted on Mobile Bay Draws Curious Onlookers
The VB 10,000, among the largest lift vessels ever built, has been docked in Mobile for repair work and will depart the Port City later this month.
Baldwin County
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Bentley Says Money, Not Politics, Is the Real Hurdle for I-10 Bridge
Governor Robert Bentley told a Mobile business audience that funding, not regulatory approval, remains the biggest obstacle facing the long-sought I-10 bridge.
Mobile County
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Mobile Endorsed Preferred I-10 Bridge Route in 2009
Mobile leaders endorsed a preferred route for a proposed high-rise I-10 bridge over Mobile Bay in 2009, seeking relief for tunnel and Bayway congestion.
Baldwin County
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A Warning Beneath the Cheering: Scientists Questioned the Cost of Mobile’s Growth
As Mobile celebrated steel plants and tanker contracts in 2008, retired Dauphin Island Sea Lab director George Crozier warned that unmanaged growth could undo 40 years of hard-won water quality gains.
Baldwin County
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The Raphael Semmes Bridge: One Man’s Downriver Answer to Mobile’s I-10 Fight
A 77-year-old retired federal contracting officer who once taught Jimmy Buffett to sail proposed a straight east-west I-10 crossing over Pinto Island, 360 feet above the river, that he said would satisfy every warring interest.