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re: So let me get this straight- Mobile, AL is going to pay a BILLION $ for a bridge

Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:22 pm to
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
82501 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:22 pm to
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Baldwin Beach Express I-10 interchange set to open Friday


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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. -- Thinking about attended a big event this weekend near Orange Beach? If you’re coming from the north, beginning Friday you’ll be able to take an alternate route all the way from Interstate 10.
Officials with the Alabama Department of Transportation have confirmed that the interchange to the Baldwin Beach Express is set to open Friday afternoon, completing the nearly eight-year project stretching from Interstate 10 to its connection with the Foley Beach Express.


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“This new interchange will have a dramatic impact on alleviating congestion on Highway 59 and will provide another critical hurricane evacuation route for our residents and guests,” according to a press release issued Wednesday by the organization.


You're Welcome LA folks


This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 7:23 pm
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
68701 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:23 pm to
Good I'm heading that way in 3 weeks
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
82501 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:24 pm to
I was going to start a thread on it tomorrow for the opening of it but guess the beans have been spilled now...
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
22747 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:24 pm to
They need a bridge now. This can't happen soon enough IMHO.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
74470 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:25 pm to
If, every five years, it gets me to the beach faster then I am all for them building it.
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:38 pm to
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I take it you've never seen the Shreveport/bossier Texas street bridge's neon lights
Those lights cost maybe $1,000. Can't imagine what S/B would do with $1B. And judging by the mayoral candidates for Shreveport, they'll certainly never find out.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102352 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:39 pm to
if it helps me get to Destin faster, it's money well spent by the taxpayers of Alabama
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102352 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:40 pm to
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Those lights cost maybe $1,000. Can't imagine what S/B would do with $1B. And judging by the mayoral candidates for Shreveport, they'll certainly never find out.


A giant statue of ELvis taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
10340 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:43 pm to
Yes. It's needed. End of story.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
70929 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:43 pm to
Dude, I applaud Mobile for finally doing something about that stupid tunnel, and I doubt the OP has any ties to Destin if he has never seen Mobile traffic.
Posted by LSUTiger205
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Aug 2006
10820 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:44 pm to
I drive to Mobile everyday, traffic isnt shite compared to BR or Birmingham.
Posted by The Cool No 9
70816
Member since Jan 2014
10632 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:45 pm to
Isn't that what they spent on that one in Scandinavia that goes underwater and shite
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
82501 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:45 pm to
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I drive to Mobile everyday
From Hoover?

Posted by mikrit54
Robeline
Member since Oct 2013
8664 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:46 pm to
Good. It is needed. Traffic sucks.
Posted by LSUTiger205
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Aug 2006
10820 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:46 pm to
Ocean Springs, moved down here in April. You helped me chose where to live
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37780 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:46 pm to
Being that the post office lost 2B the first quarter of 2014, I think a new bridge on I-10 is a great use of a billion dollars.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:48 pm to
You act like this is going to be paid from the city's budget.
Posted by PTBob
Member since Nov 2010
7096 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 7:57 pm to
To or through the tunnel tho?
Posted by tiderider
Member since Nov 2012
7703 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:02 pm to
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I think the thing that is more notable to talk about is the beach express from I10 down to OB is opening tomorrow





hadn't heard about that ... be nice to skip all those "revenue streams" bewteen I10 and the beach ...
Posted by LSUTiger205
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Aug 2006
10820 posts
Posted on 8/14/14 at 9:00 pm to
Through, work for the Gov at Austal.
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