6-787: The Dauphin Island Bridge , formally the Gordon Persons Bridge , carries a 3-mile (4.8 km), two-lane section of Alabama State Route 193 from mainland Mobile County, Alabama across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Dauphin Island . The natural channel followed by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at this location is Pass Aux Herons. The bridge separates the Mississippi Sound on the west from Mobile Bay on
12-507: A full cloverleaf interchange with I-10 at exit 17 before reaching its northern terminus at US 90 in Tillmans Corner . SR 193 originated as a state highway designation for Wilson Avenue from US 43 to US 45 in Prichard , which was decommissioned in 1981 along with SR 194 (which was relocated elsewhere by 1987). The number was used again by 1985 on the current route. The entire route
18-456: Is a 26.581-mile-long (42.778 km) route that serves as the primary travel route into Dauphin Island through southern Mobile County . South of its intersection with Laurendine Road, SR 193 is known as Dauphin Island Parkway, with the northern half of Dauphin Island Parkway routed along SR 163 . The northern portion of SR 193 is known as Range Line Road. The southern terminus of SR 193
24-455: Is located at the western terminus of the Fort Morgan ferry in eastern Dauphin Island. From this point, the route travels in a westerly direction before turning to the north off the island across the Gordon Persons Bridge spanning the Mississippi Sound . From this point, the route travels across Mon Louis Island , over Fowl River , and continues onward in a northerly direction, where it has
30-532: The bridge. In March 2009, a jury in Mobile County convicted him of capital murder for the act. He was sentenced to death on April 30, 2009. His death sentence was reduced to life without parole on October 15, 2018, as it was ruled he was intellectually impaired and had an IQ too low for execution. 30°17′32″N 88°07′48″W / 30.2921°N 88.1300°W / 30.2921; -88.1300 Alabama State Route 193 State Route 193 ( SR 193 )
36-474: The east. It was named in honor of Seth Gordon Persons , the 46th governor of Alabama. The original bridge opened on July 2, 1955. It was destroyed by Hurricane Frederic in 1979 and was replaced by a fixed precast concrete segmental bridge in 1982. The central main span was the first use of a 400-foot (122 m) span on a precast concrete segmental bridge. On January 7, 2008, Vietnamese immigrant Lam Luong tossed his four children, to their deaths off of
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