Alabama considers truck-only tolls in proposed new bridge
The Alabama Department of Transportation and local leaders in the Mobile, Alabama, area, are considering instituting truck-only tolls on a new proposed I-10 bridge over the Mobile River to ease congestion in the Wallace Tunnel in downtown Mobile.
The proposal calls for construction of a bridge over the Mobile River designated for the use of only large trucks over 46 feet long. These trucks would be prohibited from using the Wallace Tunnel and instead travel over the river on the truck bridge, paying a toll of no more than $15.
Construction of the truck bridge would also mean the signed hazardous cargo route would no longer have to pass through the Africatown community, and hazmat trucks would instead be able to use the new I-10 Mobile River Bridge.
Poll shows support for I-10 truck toll bridge; 90% concerned over congestion
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
A rendering of the I-10 Mobile River Bridge project from a few years ago. Local leaders introduced the concepts behind an alternative plan for Interstate 10 that keeps the bridge portion of the project. The overall $725 million project includes building a new bridge that will be financed, in part, by the trucking industry through tolls assessed on large trucks. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).
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A new poll shows support for a new Interstate 10 bridge over the Mobile River financed largely through a truck-only toll.