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: Mobile River Bridge
Coverage of Mobile River Bridge from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
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.
Mobile
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.
Mobile
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
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.
Baldwin County
Baldwin County’s Sages Named the One Problem They Would Fix First: The Traffic
Asked to name the single problem in Baldwin County that could be corrected with relative ease, business people and civic figures answered with near unanimity: the roads, the bridges and the growth filling them.
Baldwin County
Highway Officials Cool to ‘Northern Route’ as Answer to Wallace Tunnel Gridlock
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.
Mobile
Propeller Club Called a Special Meeting as I-10 Bridge Routes Narrowed to Three
With 11 of 14 proposed routes eliminated and transportation officials nearing a decision, Mobile’s maritime community convened a public session downtown that organizers called critical to the port’s future.
Baldwin County
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.