[OrangeHoof]

I haven’t lived there in some time. Is US 98 not available since Katrina? I remember a wonderful seafood place on 98 near the USS Alabama. My elderly mother used to take that because she didn’t feel safe with all the drivers whizzing past her on the I-10 bridge back when she lived in Daphne.

Is 8 lanes really necessary? How are they going to make that work with the four-lane tunnel?

[abb]

I’m referring to the part of 98 from the MS/AL border through Wilmer and Semmes to I-65. Two lane part way, and lots of traffic. The part over the bay past the USS Alabama is still there.

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/03/road_to_nowhere_us_98_project.html

Road to nowhere: U.S. 98 project in Mobile remains unfinished

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I believe that this new bridge is meant to either replace or supplement the tunnel. Therefore, they can have up to 8 lanes on it.

[notdownwidems]

Is 8 lanes really necessary? How are they going to make that work with the four-lane tunnel?

Exactly my point as well; they could make the bayway 10 lanes wide each way and it wouldn't help at all as long as the Wallace tunnel is only two lanes each way. I've become convinced that this project will never get off the ground. Certain 'minority' communities have already declared that they will NEVER let it come to pass, as it will ruin their neighborhoods. Of course most of those neighborhoods need to be torn down as blighted anyway, but that is another issue. I live in Daphne, work in west Mobile, and drive the bayway every day, and it is a hot mess.

[null and void]

Is 8 lanes really necessary? How are they going to make that work with the four-lane tunnel?

They'll use a whip...