The Gulf Shores City Council has unanimously approved a land exchange with Gulf State Park, clearing the right-of-way for a bypass road that will finally connect the new Intracoastal Waterway bridge to Highway 59.
Tag: Highway 59
Coverage of Highway 59 from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
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.
Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores to Host ‘Hands Across the Sand’ Anti-Drilling Rally
A nationwide demonstration against offshore drilling was set to reach Gulf Shores, where participants planned to gather on the public beach to oppose drilling and call for clean energy in the shadow of the Gulf oil spill.
Baldwin County
Baldwin Deputies Announced Capital Murder Charge in 2009 Loxley Case
Baldwin County deputies announced a capital murder charge in February 2009 after a man was found dead near Loxley on Truck Trail 17.