Eastern Entrance of Bank head Tunnel

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Eastern Entrance of Bankhead Tunnel, Mobile, Ala. BANKHEAD TUNNEL KEEP REEP KEEP 3.8 KEEP RIGHT PHOTO BY OVERBEY STUDIO 1B-H602

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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. NON PED 23 1950 1739-9797 FL CER City CARTER'S NEWS AGENCY, MOBILE, ALA. Mr. George we sit down Evelyn Will write when look around, -leaving We are in Panama и A e 으 Milles albein Good Peters Mich. after sam 200 ve