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Battleship Parkway, commonly referred to locally and in the media as the "Causeway", is a long causeway that carries
US 90 U.S. Route 90 or U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) is an east–west major United States highway in the Southern United States. Despite the "0" in its route number, US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route. With the exception of a short-live ...
and US 98 eastbound across
Mobile Bay Mobile Bay ( ) is a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed by the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the eastern side and Dauphin Island, a barrier island on the western side. The ...
from the
Bankhead Tunnel The Bankhead Tunnel, formally the John H. Bankhead Tunnel, is a road tunnel in Mobile, Alabama that carries Government Street under the Mobile River from Blakeley Island to the downtown Mobile business district. "Mobile City Guide" (map, la ...
on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama to
Spanish Fort, Alabama Spanish Fort is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. The 2020 census lists the population of the city as 10,049. It is a suburb of Mobile and is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro ...
. The roadway itself is a four-lane divided highway for most of its length. It is very susceptible to flooding and is usually submerged during
hurricane A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
storm surges. The Battleship Parkway is home to
Battleship Memorial Park Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama. It has a collection of notable aircraft and museum ships including the and . USS ''Alabama'' and USS ''Drum'' are both Nation ...
and to many of the Mobile area's more prominent seafood restaurants.


History

It was constructed in 1926 as a series of raised earthen embankments and concrete
bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
s. It was the only road connection between
Mobile Mobile may refer to: Places * Mobile, Alabama, a U.S. port city * Mobile County, Alabama * Mobile, Arizona, a small town near Phoenix, U.S. * Mobile, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels * Mobile ( ...
and Baldwin counties over Mobile Bay until the construction of the nearby
Jubilee Parkway The Jubilee Parkway is a pair of parallel concrete viaduct bridges that carry Interstate 10 across Mobile Bay from the George Wallace Tunnel on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama eastbound to Spanish Fort/Daphne, Alabama. The bridges are simila ...
in 1978. In 2007 a turtle chainlink fence was constructed along part of the causeway to protect the Alabama red bellied cooter from traffic.


See also

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References

Bridges in Mobile, Alabama Bridges completed in 1926 Mobile Bay Road bridges in Alabama U.S. Route 90 U.S. Route 98 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System 1926 establishments in Alabama Concrete bridges in the United States {{alabama-road-stub