Front:
Interior of Bankhead Tunnel under Mobile River, Mobile, Ala.
PHOTO BY MOBILE PRESS-REGISTER
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Back:
Bankhead Tunnel, named after a distin-
guished Alabama statesman, is the first en-
gineering feat of its kind in the deep South.
A four million dollar self liquidating traffic
artery under Mobile River, which reduces by
seven and one half miles the distance be.
tween the city and points north and east on
the Old Spanish Trail. Total length 3389 feet,
under river portion 1147 feet, width of road-
way 21 feet, headroom 13 feet 6 inches.
Opened to traffic Feb. 20, 1941.
CARTER'S NEWS AGENCY, MOBILE, ALA.
