In 1941, the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company constructed the Bankhead Tunnel beneath the Mobile River, connecting the city of Mobile to Baldwin County. The project was funded by the New Deal-era-era Works Progress Administration and named in honor of U.S. senator John Hollis Bankhead II.
Construction of the Bankhead Tunnel
Photo courtesy of the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama
