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Probably the best hidden tunnel in the country. Pictures of it are extremely rare.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in June 2010

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Description

Sections pre-assembled, brought to location, then sunk 40 feet below ship channel.. Sections concreted together to form seal (method similar to Bankhead Tunnel located just north of it).

Facts

Overview: Dual four-lane tunnel under Mobile River on I-10 in Mobile
Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1973
Design: Tunnel
Dimensions: Total length: 3,000.1 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.68994, -88.03536 (decimal degrees)
30°41'24" N, 88°02'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/400836/3395697 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Mobile
Inventory numbers: AL 10851 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 10174 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 66,110

Update Log

April 7, 2012: New photo from David Backlin
July 22, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
July 8, 2010: New photo from Nathan Morton
June 23, 2010: New photos from Calvin Sneed

Sources

Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net

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George C. Wallace Tunnel

Posted August 22, 2010, by Marcus Johns (jake_brake1985 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

under the wallace tunnel and the bankhead tunnel there are a seirous of abbandend subway tunnels I have cleaned parts of them they would not let us look around and would not tell us much about them could you check into it few people even know about it and i have been tryen to get info on them for years thank you