Transportation in Alabama

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Transportation in Alabama
Overview
Transit type Rapid transit, commuter rail, buses, private automobile, Taxicab, bicycle, pedestrian
Operation
Operator(s) Alabama Department of Transportation

The transportation system of Alabama is a cooperation of complex systems of infrastructure.

Background[edit]

History[edit]

Highways[edit]

Alabama is criss-crossed by many major roadways.

Interstate Highways[edit]

Current

U.S. Highways[edit]

State Highways[edit]

Port Infrastructure[edit]

Seaports[edit]

The Port of Mobile, Alabama's only saltwater port, is a busy seaport on the Gulf of Mexico with inland waterway access to the Midwest by way of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The Port of Mobile is currently the 9th-largest by tonnage in the United States.[1]

Barge transportation in and out of the Port of Tuscaloosa and other commercial navigation make the Black Warrior River useful in the state of Alabama.

Airports[edit]

Current, future and proposed projects[edit]

It is 2016, almost 2017.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Waterborne Commerce Statistics. p. 90. Retrieved 2010-03-08.