MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – The Alabama Department of Transportation is parting ways with a construction team that had been selected to replace the Interstate 10 Bayway.
Mobile Bayway Constructors had been selected to design and build a new span over Mobile Bay that is both wider and higher than the current structure. It is one half of a mammoth project that includes the construction of a six-lane bridge over the Mobile River.
ALDOT characterized the split as mutual.
“ALDOT is building the Mobile River Bridge through a design-build process,” ALDOT chief engineer Ed Austin said in a prepared statement. “This process has served us well and allows us the flexibility needed to make key decisions related to project development. This is another step in our effort to ensure the project can be completed in a timely, safe and cost-effective manner.”…