ALDOT Announces Bankhead Tunnel Closing Schedule
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
August 1, 2025
MOBILE, Ala. The Alabama Department of Transportation has announced that phase 2 of the electrical and lighting upgrades is beginning in the Bankhead Tunnel, and that the road will be closed for several nights and the weekend.
According to an Alabama Department of Transportation news release, the next phase will begin Monday, Aug. 4, and will replace old lighting fixtures and electrical components throughout the tunnel.
The $1.19 million project is being done by Bill Smith Electric Inc., and should be completed by the end of 2025, if weather permits, the release said.
While the tunnel is closed, drivers can take the I-10 Bayway through the Wallace Tunnel, the Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge via U.S. 90/98, or Africatown Boulevard to I-165, Water Street, and onto Government Boulevard, according to the release.
According ALDOT:
Closures are as follows:
Nightly full closures:
8 p.m. to 5 a.m., beginning Tuesday, Aug. 5, and continuing until Thursday, Aug. 7
Full weekend closures:
Begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8 and ends Monday, Aug. 11 at 5 a.m.
Labor Day schedule:
No closures are scheduled during Labor Day weekend to accommodate holiday travel
Find out about all traffic impacts by visiting the ALDOT traffic website.
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