A complete waste of money: build it and they will come- more and more cars to eventually clog it all up, too. What's really needed is a bypass (I-110??) north of town to take through traffic away from the congested central city. Most big cities have them- Atlanta, Houston, etc.(sometimes called "perimeter" highways). It would be nice if it would swing by the airport as well.

Its a bit disconcerting that the same engineers who designed the Wallace Tunnel with kinks in either end may be about to design this Mega-bridge too!!

I wholeheartedly agree, and a bypass is apparently in long run planning with ALDOT.

You've got to hand it to bureaucrats in the Mobile area. They don't think small when it comes to boondoggles.
I believe it should be called "Mike Dow Syndrome," the belief that bigger is always better.

An interesting thing about this story is what it doesn't say: no mention of alternative plans. Perhaps that is what the meeting will address. Another thing is that mention of opposition is crouched in terms of preservationist or environmental objections. How about the economic terms: Could we solve the problem by spending less than a billion dollars? But then, government projects are seldom designed to make the most efficient use of taxpayer money. Instead, they are geared toward rewarding politically connected construction and engineering firms.

I suppose I can't fault the media for concentrating on the BILLION dollar bridge concept, since that is more headline grabbing than a boring story about plans for a by-pass. If I needed transportation to and from work, and I could spend someone else's money, then perhaps I would get an Aston-Martin instead of a Buick Skylark.

Personally it would be best if a bridge could be built over the entire dung container of a city. How about a bridge from Grand Bay to Creola with a spur to Daphne. Now there's a plan.

Of course all these plans are excellent. Thats one reason it will never happen here!

City is too concerned wanting people to stop downtown on I-10. Why? No gas stations there, lol. Thats the only reason I stop in a major city when traveling, is for gas.

And I think Mobile will certainly be the very last city in the south, with bypasses. Really sad.