The Bankhead Tunnel is a tunnel in Mobile, Alabama that crosses the Mobile River. The tunnel is signed U.S. Route 98. It is named for William Brockman Bankhead, an Alabama politician and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat) from 1936-1940. U.S. Highway 98 is an east-west United States highway that runs from southern Florida to western Mississippi. ... The Mobile River located in southern Alabama, United States. ... Nickname: The Azalea City Coordinates: Country US State Alabama County Mobile Founded 1702 Incorporated 1814 Mayor Sam Jones Area - City 412. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... Nickname: The Azalea City Coordinates: Country US State Alabama County Mobile Founded 1702 Incorporated 1814 Mayor Sam Jones Area - City 412. ... U.S. Highway 98 is an east-west United States highway that runs from southern Florida to western Mississippi. ... Categories: People stubs | 1874 births | 1940 deaths | Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
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The tunnel was a location for a scene in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) drives through it as he chases UFOs. Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and producer. ... This article is about the film; for the classification, see Close encounter. ... Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Oscar-winning American actor. ...
BankheadTunnel (U.S. Opened February 20, 1941, the BankheadTunnel carries U.S. 98 between downtown at Government Street to the west end of Battleship Parkway.
The tunnel was built at a cost of $4 million and is 3,389 feet in length.
The head of the BankheadTunnel (U.S. 98) is visible to the left.
No passing is allowed and the speed limit is posted at 35 MPH for the BankheadTunnel.
U.S. 98 eastbound departs the BankheadTunnel and enters Battleship Parkway at U.S. 90 and the Exit 27 interchange of Interstate 10.
This ramp used to also be available to U.S. 90 eastbound motorists, but not longer is. A truck fire caused significant damage to the eastbound on-ramp bridge in 2000 (note the difference in the guard rail on the bridge).
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