re: Mobile I-10 bridge project and the proposed $6 toll that went with it is CANCELLED

I wonder why they can’t build another Tunnel for less to help with that pinch point.

They can use the 2 existing tunnels for Westbound traffic and build an eastbound tunnel with 4 lanes.

The problem with the tunnel is that you have 4 lanes that drop to 2 in a short span, yes there are exits, but the road jockeys use the exit lanes to go until the split and try to merge back in. Also, the guy at ALDOT that though an on ramp with no acceleration lane near the entrance of the tunnel was a good idea should be shot.

The original tunnel cost about 50 million in 1973 (that is $275.6 million in 2017 dollars). So given inflation in the changes with modern construction methods, 300 million should build you a new tunnel. The bay bridges should also be widened because that is also another choke point. Adding a lane in each direction on the bay bridge should only cost 300 million in each direction and improvements on the other side of the bay may cost 100 million more.