"U.S. Highway 31, as it dips down into Mobile Bay, affords tourists one of the finest views along Alabama highways."
"Cut between steep embankments, the road winds down from the Old Spanish Fort and begins a five-mile stretch over the Cochrane Bridge and causeway, the longest highway water span in the state. Beyond the bridge is the Bankhead Tunnel, 3400 feet of gleaming white tubing which burrows beneath Mob...
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures "U.S. Highway 31, as it dips down into Mobile Bay, affords tourists one of the finest views along Alabama highways." |
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures Automobiles; Roads; Transportation; Mobile County (Ala.) |
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"Cut between steep embankments, the road winds down from the Old Spanish Fort and begins a five-mile stretch over the Cochrane Bridge and causeway, the longest highway water span in the state. Beyond the bridge is the Bankhead Tunnel, 3400 feet of gleaming white tubing which burrows beneath Mobile River, in what is one of the finest engineering accomplishments ever perfected in the state." |
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Q0000046231Q46231"U.S. Highway 31, as it dips down into Mobile Bay, affords tourists one of the finest views along Alabama highways.""Cut between steep embankments, the road winds down from the Old Spanish Fort and begins a five-mile stretch over the Cochrane Bridge and causeway, the longest highway water span in the state. Beyond the bridge is the Bankhead Tunnel, 3400 feet of gleaming white tubing which burrows beneath Mobile River, in what is one of the finest engineering accomplishments ever perfected in the state."1940-1949Automobiles; Roads; Transportation; Mobile County (Ala.)Still imagePhotographsAlabama. Bureau of Publicity and InformationAlabama Bureau of Publicity and Information administrative filesSG016374v23450Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/18421 |
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