Mobile Bay Causeway

I love driving across the Mobile Bay Causeway.  I like seeing the weather beaten buildings, seafood restaurants on stilts and casuel fishermen.  It’s one of the few times in my life that I actually want a convertable car – of course once I reach the other side of the bay, the feeling quickly goes away.

A little history … the Causeway was a government project funded after the base closure of Brookley Field in the early 1960s — sort of a mea culpa for Mobile.  At the time Brookley Field was the largest military base closure in the U.S.  In fact, Brookley Field accounted for one-third of Mobile’s gross product before being decommissioned.  By the mid 60s people needed jobs and improving Mobile’s roads was the answer.