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Dauphin Island Bridge

 
Dauphin Island Bridge, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, United States of America (AL 193)
 
Information about the place
Dauphin Island Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (New Orleans to Oyster Bay) between Industrial Canal Turning Basin (122.06 miles to the west) and Oyster Bay (Alabama) (23.17 miles to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Industrial Canal Turning Basin is Rigolets Railroad Bridge; 94.10 miles away.

There may be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.

 
 
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The Dauphin Island Bridge, formally the Gordon Persons Bridge, carries a 3-mile (4.8 km), two-lane section of Alabama State Route 193 from mainland Mobile County, Alabama across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Dauphin Island. The natural channel followed by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at this location is Pass Aux Herons. The bridge separates the Mississippi Sound on the west from Mobile Bay on the east. It was named in honor of Seth Gordon Persons, the 46th governor of Alabama.

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[Dauphin Island, Alabama] Dauphin Island is a town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name (split by the Katrina Cut), in the Gulf of Mexico [List of longest bridges] longest arch bridge spans List of longest masonry arch bridge spans List of longest cantilever bridge spans List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans List [Mississippi Sound] and Alabama, from Waveland, Mississippi[citation needed], to the Dauphin Island Bridge, a distance of about 90 miles (145 km). The sound is separated from [Jack Edwards (American politician)] He oversaw the funding for the rebuilding efforts of Alabama's Dauphin Island Bridge in 1979. William Jackson Edwards III was born near Birmingham, Alabama [Alabama State Route 193] route into Dauphin Island through southern Mobile County. South of its intersection with Laurendine Road, SR 193 is known as Dauphin Island Parkway, with [Gordon Persons] 1951 to 1955. He was born and died in Montgomery, Alabama. The Dauphin Island Bridge south of Mobile is formally named for him. The Gordon Persons Building [List of bridges in the United States] Clarkson–Legg Covered Bridge Clement C. Clay Bridge Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge, Mobile Coldwater Covered Bridge Comer Bridge Dauphin Island Bridge, near Mobile [List of waterways forming and crossings of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway] (manmade) Paris Road Bridge (LA 47) Manmade canal Lake Borgne Mississippi Sound Ship Island Ferry Mississippi Sound Dauphin Island Bridge Mobile Bay Bon Secour [Sand Island Light (Alabama)] the southernmost point of the state of Alabama, United States, near Dauphin Island, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama. It is located roughly 3 miles
 
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Dauphin Island Bridge - Wikipedia
The Dauphin Island Bridge, formally the Gordon Persons Bridge, carries a 3-mile (4.8 km), two-lane section of Alabama State Route 193 from mainland Mobile County, Alabama across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Dauphin Island. The natural channel followed by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at this location is Pass ...
Traveling across the Dauphin Island Bridge - YouTube
Jan 7, 2011 ... Traveling across the Dauphin Island Bridge.
Man who threw 4 children off Dauphin Island Bridge now back in
Jan 24, 2018 ... MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) - The man convicted of murder after throwing his four children off of the Dauphin Island Bridge in 2008 is back in Mobile Metro Jail Wednesday afternoon. 47-year-old Lam Luong is seen in the Mobile Metro Jail log, in for safe keeping. Luong was found guilty of throwing his four young ...
Dauphin island bridge - YouTube
Mar 26, 2016 ... Riding on the bridge out of Dauphin Island.
Police: Man Throws 4 Kids Off Bridge | Fox News
Jan 9, 2008 ... Lam Luong, 37, who is charged with four counts of capital murder, told authorities Tuesday night that he drove to the Dauphin Island bridge and dropped the children from a span that reaches 80 feet in places, said Detective Scott Rivera. Luong came to coastal Alabama from Vietnam in 1984 and worked in ...
FIGG Dauphin Island Bridge
In 1979, Hurricane Frederick's sustained winds of 130 mph destroyed the original bridge to Dauphin Island, leaving Alabama Department of Transportation providing expensive ferry service. Speed was critical in the design and construction of the replacement bridge and in just 34 months time, the new 17,814' long bridge ...
Dauphin Island's First Bridge 1955-1979
Dauphin Island's first bridge, a 3 1/2 million dollar project opened July 1955. Photo is close up of the center lift span, sometimes called the draw bridge section . over the Intracoastal Waterway allowing commercial barge and recreational watercraft. to pass through. The bridge divides the Mississippi Sound on the west side ...
Dauphin Island looking toward the bridge - Picture of Dauphin Island ...
Dauphin Island, Alabama Picture: Dauphin Island looking toward the bridge - Check out TripAdvisor members' 1618 candid photos and videos of Dauphin Island.
Appeals court overturns Lam Luong's conviction, death sentence in ...
Feb 16, 2013 ... A state appeals court Friday overturned the conviction and death sentence of a man found guilty of throwing his four young children off of the Dauphin Island bridge in 2008. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on 4-0 vote, with Judge Mary Windom recusing herself, sent the murder case against Lam ...
Mayor reports 'significant flooding' on Dauphin Island | WEAR
Everybody stay safe," Mayor Collier wrote on his Facebok page. Good news is that the water level appears to be dropping. Hurricane Nate's impact was felt on the island when heavy debris and salt water rendered the causeway north of the Dauphin Island Bridge impassable. Take a look at our photo gallery and upload ...