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My family and I are leaving Friday afternoon for Orlando (Florida).
We will be hitting I-10 at Mobile. My question for Rusty (and anyone else
who might know) is: Are the I-10 bridges east of Mobile still one lane or
is traffic back to normal?
Hi
Ken,
The new I-10
bridge over Escambia Bay in Pensacola is not going to be finished for
years... The eastbound span is still one lane, with much of it being
temporary steel grating sections. The westbound span has both
lanes open, but with a low speed limit. You can get more info on the
bridge construction here, including live cameras on both
ends:
I-10 through
all of Pensacola is under construction as well, due to other projects that were
ongoing before the storms. I-110 in Pensacola is also screwed. It's
a mess, but not nearly as bad as it could be.
Heading west
is almost never a significant delay. Heading east can be good or bad, and
it seems totally random from what I can tell. Sometimes you just sail
through, and sometimes you waste 20-30 minutes. Still, it's probably just
as fast, or faster than trying to bypass I-10 east. BTW, when heading
east, the left lane is the one that ends before the bridge.
This is week
4 in Cleveland for me, with another week to go, so I haven't seen the bridge in
person recently. Sure would like to though. There was an unexplained
light outside today, which I seem to recall being "sunshine". None
of the locals recognized it, and it didn't last long anyway :-)
Rusty (Tracy
better be taking advantage of my downtime)
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