Eastern Entrance of Bankhead Tunnel

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Sale Price: $4.95

Original Price: ~~$8.95~~

Stock #: 281708

Type: Postcard

Era: Linen

City: Mobile

State: Alabama (AL)

County: Mobile

Publisher: Curt Teich & Co.

Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Bankhead Tunnel, named after a distinguished Alabama statesman, is the first engineering 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 between the city and points north and east on the Old Spanish Trail. Total length 3389 feet, under river portion 1147 feet, width of roadway 21 feet, headroom 13 feet 6 inches. Opened to traffic Feb. 20, 1941

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3- Bankhead Tunnel, named after a distin- guished Alabama statesman, is the first en- gineering feat of its kind in the deep South. Á 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.

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Eastern Entrance of Bankhead Tunnel

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