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New Interstate 10 bridge over the Mobile River completion date 2031
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:11 am
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:11 am
New details today. The toll will be $3 dollars one way..
Construction will start this October on the 215ft over the water structure. ( 2nd only behind the Golden Gate at 220ft). and 40 feet higher than The Greater New Orleans
The tunnel will remain open and free..
I'll believe it when I see it..
That's all i got
Construction will start this October on the 215ft over the water structure. ( 2nd only behind the Golden Gate at 220ft). and 40 feet higher than The Greater New Orleans
The tunnel will remain open and free..
I'll believe it when I see it..
That's all i got
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 9:21 am
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:12 am to Islandboy777
It will never be ready in time.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:16 am to Islandboy777
it's rather pointless if they don't make the bridge over the bay 3 lanes. Now we'll just have another point where idiots have to merge and traffic will be backed up b/c of it b/c people are fricking idiots and aren't capable of merging or allowing people to merge without everyone having to come to a stop.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:20 am to TeddyPadillac
I still don't get how the lanes will merge? The bridge will have 3 and the tunnel will have 2... and will merge into three where Ralph and Kacoos is located
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 9:24 am
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:30 am to Islandboy777
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To the east of the new Mobile River bridge, the design-build team will be replacing two existing two-lane I-10 bridges across the Mobile Bay with two three-lane bridges. Most of the existing Bayway is well below the 100-year wave crest elevation, placing it within the wave impact area. On average, the new Bayway will be up to 8 feet higher than the existing elevation.
The new bridges will run approximately 7.4 miles from the Mobile River Bridge’s high level approach spans to the US 90/98 Eastern Shore interchange in Daphne. Two interchanges along the Bayway will also be reconstructed, including one at midbay, where I-10 meets US 90/98.
Looks like they are replacing the current bay bridge with a 3 lane one, which is smart.
There's still goign to be a point where 3 lane new bridge and 2 lane tunnel merge into 3 lanes, so traffic will come to a standstill right there, and then they'll be more dumbassery when those 3 lanes go down to 2 lanes in Daphne.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:18 am to Islandboy777
Im just here to note that the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore is currently sea level and not 185ft.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:21 am to Islandboy777
I'll eat my shoe if there are cars driving on it January 1, 2032 or before.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:41 am to TeddyPadillac
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There's still goign to be a point where 3 lane new bridge and 2 lane tunnel merge into 3 lanes, so traffic will come to a standstill right there, and then they'll be more dumbassery when those 3 lanes go down to 2 lanes in Daphne.
Even adding a 3rd lane from Spanish Fort through to Florida wouldn't fix that area. Eventually they're going to have to bite the bullet and expand 98 to allow some of that flow to/from Pensacola to have another viable route.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:45 am to TeddyPadillac
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it's rather pointless if they don't make the bridge over the bay 3 lanes. Now we'll just have another point where idiots have to merge and traffic will be backed up b/c of it b/c people are fricking idiots and aren't capable of merging or allowing people to merge without everyone having to come to a stop.
The long term plan is to 6 Lane the bridge across the bay. I think they want this bridge to take the traffic away from the tunnel and the tunnel be for local traffic. That is what I saw on a couple of YouTube videos about it. It is all about money though. They want to make it a toll road. Locals are fighting pretty hard about it.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:45 am to Bard
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Even adding a 3rd lane from Spanish Fort through to Florida wouldn't fix that area. Eventually they're going to have to bite the bullet and expand 98 to allow some of that flow to/from Pensacola to have another viable route.
You cant spend billions and billions of dollars just to make traffic better for peak beach trip traffic times which are just a few hours a day mostly on weekends
For non summer non tourist time the new bridge with current infrastructure is fine
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:46 am to TexasTiger89
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It will never be ready in time.
I think public works projects in Bama move a little differently than they do in Louisiana.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:20 am to Islandboy777
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New Interstate 10 bridge over the Mobile River completion date 2031
In 2031 LADOTD will have the locations for the bridge here narrowed down to 2
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:58 am to Tornado Alley
Nothing can be worse than the Louisiana Department of Transportation repairing or replacing bridges.
Here in Lafourche Parish it's been over 2 years that they have been working to replace an 80 foot 2 lane bridge on Lefort Bypass Road. They also have a 9 month estimate (that they will never meet) on the replacement of a bridge on Highway 308 in Lockport. This is 1 of only 2 roads for traffic to get to Fourchon for the oil and gas industry. Not to mention if there is an evacuation for a Hurricane in this timeframe, people South if this better leave the minute a tropical wave starts to look like it is heading this way.
Here in Lafourche Parish it's been over 2 years that they have been working to replace an 80 foot 2 lane bridge on Lefort Bypass Road. They also have a 9 month estimate (that they will never meet) on the replacement of a bridge on Highway 308 in Lockport. This is 1 of only 2 roads for traffic to get to Fourchon for the oil and gas industry. Not to mention if there is an evacuation for a Hurricane in this timeframe, people South if this better leave the minute a tropical wave starts to look like it is heading this way.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:03 pm to Tornado Alley
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I think public works projects in Bama move a little differently than they do in Louisiana.
Well,sir. Where we live in a suburb south of Birmingham proper, we have been waiting for the repaving, straightening of a 3/4 mile road going on 20 months. It's a pretty heavily used "connector" road and our city council just shrugs and blames ALDOT, who doesn't seem to care either. Insane.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:12 pm to TheSadvocate
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In 2031 LADOTD will have the locations for the bridge here narrowed down to 2
However, they will still need to do another round of environmental impact analysis before they could pick one. And once that was chosen, another report to make sure the first four reports are still viable. So…we could see a tentative decision by 2038
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:19 pm to TeddyPadillac
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it's rather pointless if they don't make the bridge over the bay 3 lanes. Now we'll just have another point where idiots have to merge and traffic will be backed up b/c of it b/c people are fricking idiots and aren't capable of merging or allowing people to merge without everyone having to come to a stop.
So here is AL DOT’s fix. A road diet over the bay, shrinking the shoulders and making the lanes narrower to handle 3 lanes in each direction.
Definitely sounds like a crap shoot and bumper car situation with no shoulders and narrow lanes.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:20 pm to TexasTiger89
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It will never be ready in time.
will still be finished before the new Mississippi River crossing south of BR
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:24 pm to Tarps99
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So here is AL DOT’s fix. A road diet over the bay, shrinking the shoulders and making the lanes narrower to handle 3 lanes in each direction.
I believe that is for Phase 11
Phase 2 will be a new causeway that will be higher and 3 full lanes.
So it will be a temp, few years long cluster
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:24 pm to tigerbelly
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They also have a 9 month estimate (that they will never meet) on the replacement of a bridge on Highway 308 in Lockport. This is 1 of only 2 roads for traffic to get to Fourchon for the oil and gas industry.
That is definitely harrowing situation. I find it funny the Parish couldn’t get DOTD to put a temporary bridge while they work a fix on a new bridge and relocating the bad curve. I don’t know why they couldn’t just drop a culvert and back fill with dirt.
I know there is a pump station there, but is for drainage or to water the cane field.
As far as delays, I think the Bourg Bridge was nearly a year or two behind schedule.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:25 pm to RohanGonzales
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So it will be a temp, few years long cluster
Yep.
Glad I don’t have any interest out there unless I win the lottery and buy a condo there.
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