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The latest plan for a new bridge and revamped Interstate 10 to ease traffic congestion on the Gulf Coast at Mobile shows the cost has swelled to $2.7 billion after years of disputes and delays, an increase of more than 25%.

The latest plan for a new bridge and revamped Interstate 10 to ease traffic congestion on the Gulf Coast at Mobile, Alabama, shows the cost has swelled to $2.7 billion after years of disputes and delays, an increase of more than 25%.

The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.

'Tis the season for summer beach vacations, which means that a lot of families will be traveling through the famous Mobile Tunnel.

The discovery of the ship on an Alabama river bottom has fostered a renewed hope for descendants of the Clotilda's captives, and the community they founded called Africatown.

The discovery of the ship on an Alabama river bottom has fostered a renewed hope for descendants of the Clotilda's captives, and the community they founded called Africatown.

The discovery of the ship on an Alabama river bottom has fostered a renewed hope for descendants of the Clotilda's captives, and the community they founded called Africatown.

The discovery of the ship on an Alabama river bottom has fostered a renewed hope for descendants of the Clotildas captives, and the community they founded called Africatown.

Exploring the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in the U.S., brings hope

'Tis the season for summer beach vacations, which means that a lot of families will be traveling through the famous Mobile Tunnel.