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JaneNLee
Explorer
Jun 25, 2014

Mobile Alabama Int 10

Hi All
Is there an alternative route around Mobile Alabama without any tunnels like on I 10?
Thank you very much for your help.
Happy RVing
Jane and Lee
  • That was not Blazin Saddles , that was Treasure of the Sierra Madre . Tim Holt ,John Houston , And that other guy , so and so,s husband .
  • 2 choices...going east

    1. Shortest is the last exit before the I-10 tunnel, it goes thru downtown to the Bay Bridge exit which you use to get back to I-10.

    2. Longer but easier is I-65 about 9 miles to I-165...then 2nd exit, the same Bay Bridge exit, jus from a different direction.

    From the east going west just as your about to clear the I-10 bay bridge you'll see the sineage for US-90 bay bridge and then it's the reverse of the other choices.
  • Just curious, what's the issue with the tunnel. I drive that route frequently both with car and MH and have never had any issues. That alternate route is really slow and exposes you to a lot more traffic.
  • In two of the last three years we have driven our DP Motorhome thu the tunnels pulling a Dodge Ram the first year & a car trailer the second. The tunnels are easy & no problem! You don't need no stinkin bridge.(Blazing Saddle reference) The tunnel is easier than the traffic!

    rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
  • The tunnels only take about 90 seconds . The other way sometimes takes hours .
  • A few miles north of the two tunnels under Mobile Bay
    is the Cochran Bridge..........call up a Mobile map
    and find the route.......it exits on the east side of
    the river, joining I 10 and U S 90. (Or, go south to
    the ferry at Dauphin Island)