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BANKHEAD TUNNEL ENTRANCE
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CARTER'S NEWS AGENCY, MOBILE, ALA.
EASTERN ENTRANCE OF BANKHEAD TUNNEL
MOBILE, ALABAMA
Bankhead Tunnel, named after a distin-
guished Alabama statesman, is the first engi-
neering 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 3,389 feet, under river portion 1,147
feet, width of roadway 21 feet, headroom 13
feet 6 inches. Opened to traffic Feb. 20, 1941.
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