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Alabama Port Shipping cranes and cargo terminals along the Port of Mobile on the Mobile River

The Port of Mobile Just Landed on a List With the Golden Gate Bridge and the Transcontinental Railroad

James Bullard, July 15, 2026

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association named the Port of Mobile one of ‘250 transportation projects that helped build America,’ putting the nearly century-old Alabama port on a list with the Golden Gate Bridge and the Transcontinental Railroad.

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Mobile Vehicles slowed in traffic on a highway following a morning accident

Two Monday Morning Wrecks Snarl Traffic on Routes Into Mobile

James Bullard, November 3, 2014

A vehicle fire near Satsuma and an overturned tractor-trailer on the Cochrane-Africatown Bridge tangled Monday morning commutes into Mobile.

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Baldwin County Highway traffic representing congestion at Mobile's Wallace Tunnel

Highway Officials Cool to ‘Northern Route’ as Answer to Wallace Tunnel Gridlock

James Bullard, October 18, 2007

State and federal highway officials told supporters of a Cochrane-Africatown bridge route that it likely could not meet the purpose of relieving Interstate 10 congestion at the Wallace Tunnel.

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Local News Heavy industrial steel plant beside a river at dusk

Mayor Sam Jones Liked Mobile’s Hand as the ThyssenKrupp Decision Neared

James Bullard, May 9, 2007

With a $2.9 billion steel mill decision expected within days, Mobile Mayor Sam Jones told a civic club he would not trade places with Louisiana, and laid out where the city stood on the bridge, the port and downtown.

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