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Mobile Tunnel has to be the biggest nationwide unfixable problem on I-10
Posted on 12/26/16 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 12/26/16 at 10:53 pm
There is almost always a stand still each way, worse traveling west into the tunnel.
No way they can expand it.
First off, why is there a tunnel instead of a bridge and how do you fix the situation? There is no expanding the tunnel. Right?
No way they can expand it.
First off, why is there a tunnel instead of a bridge and how do you fix the situation? There is no expanding the tunnel. Right?
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Posted on 12/26/16 at 11:41 pm to SmackDaniels
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First off, why is there a tunnel instead of a bridge
I imagine tall suspension bridges are expensive af, drawbridges are hella impractical on a major interstate, and ships pass over tunnels really easily.
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how do you fix the situation? There is no expanding the tunnel. Right?
Absolutely clueless here.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:21 am to SmackDaniels
I usually get through there pretty fast 
Posted on 12/27/16 at 1:09 am to Weagle25
They're going to build a bridge down I-10 across the bay, and not use the tunnel. They might be removing it altogether. It's definitely not unfixable. There's already a project website up. It'll take a couple years of planning and design before any ground is broke.
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Eta: it's technically still under proposal. But there's a large enough chunk of the population is Baldwin County, that it'll probably be approved.
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Eta: it's technically still under proposal. But there's a large enough chunk of the population is Baldwin County, that it'll probably be approved.
This post was edited on 12/27/16 at 1:13 am
Posted on 12/27/16 at 1:11 am to MoarKilometers
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I imagine tall suspension bridges are expensive af, drawbridges are hella impractical on a major interstate, and ships pass over tunnels really easily
The bay isn't deep enough to require long spans. I bet they use concrete piles, except for at the shipping channel. That may be a cable-stayed bridge.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 1:16 am to CCTider
Very similar looking cable bridge in Baytown, TX. Probably common elsewhere. Pretty concept though.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 2:21 am to BlackPawnMartyr
It's become a very common design. It's much cheaper than older bridge methods for longer spans. Plus, they look pretty cool too.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 4:34 am to CCTider
It's going to happen and probably get moving relatively quickly now. Trump wants to improve/upgrade the infrastructure of the country as a job creation program and AL Senator Sessions was the first senator to support Trump. Getting the funds won't be a problem, but the construction will probably take a decade.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 6:15 am to CCTider
I heard it's going to be a billion dollar bridge with a 3-5 dollar toll.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 6:35 am to SmackDaniels
There's plans to fix some of the areas around the tunnel to hopefully help it out some.
The are also working on plans for a new bridge.
The are also working on plans for a new bridge.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 6:35 am to mauser
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I heard it's going to be a billion dollar bridge with a 3-5 dollar toll
I'd be shocked if it was a toll bridge.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 8:30 am to SmackDaniels
Flanking Movement
Posted on 12/27/16 at 8:33 am to SmackDaniels
I'm gonna miss going through the tunnel and gunning the pipes on my truck to hear them echo off the walls
Posted on 12/27/16 at 9:56 am to deltaland
Why don't y'all just take this? Its the only way I go.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:24 am to Don Johnson
Pretty sure that's the proposed bridge.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:52 am to mauser
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I heard it's going to be a billion dollar bridge with a 3-5 dollar toll.
It could be a billion dollar project. The Huey P widening in Elmwood was over a billion. But there's no way in hell I-10 toll bridge. It's federal interstate. Whoever told you that is a fool.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:13 pm to deltaland
I used to hold my breath through it as a kid. Now, I try to hold a hit in through it.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:39 pm to SmackDaniels
Build a new ring around it.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 1:03 pm to SmackDaniels
Well they did give it George Wallace's name 
Posted on 12/27/16 at 1:36 pm to CCTider
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