After years of false starts, Alabama’s plan to fix the I-10 bottleneck at Mobile is moving again. A revised approach from ALDOT and the region’s planning organizations positions construction to begin before the end of 2026, pending a federal TIFIA loan, on a Phase One estimated at about $3.2 billion.
Project Scope
Phase One builds a new six-lane cable-stayed bridge over the Mobile River, restripes the existing Bayway to six lanes across Mobile Bay, and reworks interchanges and intersections through Mobile and Baldwin counties. KMT is set to oversee the project under a progressive design-build model rather than the public-private partnership Alabama floated earlier. It will be tolled, with trips across the new bridge costing as much as $7.70. No tolls get collected until the span opens, currently projected around 2031.
Why It Matters
The I-10 crossing at Mobile is one of the worst freight chokepoints on the Gulf Coast, where two tunnels and a low Bayway back up for miles and flood in storms. A higher, wider bridge raises clearance for shipping and takes weather off the table. The politics have been brutal, mostly over tolls, so getting to a fundable plan is the real milestone. Now the question is whether the TIFIA financing closes on time.
Project Team & Details
| Owner / Client | Alabama DOT (ALDOT) |
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| General Contractor | KMT |
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| Status | Planned |
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| Delivery Method | Design-Build |
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| Funding Source | Public (State) |
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