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EASTERN ENTRANCE TO BANKHEAD TUNNEL, MOBILE, ALA.-113
BANKHEAD TUNNEL
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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 Mo.
bile 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.
