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Interstate 10 Westbound - Baldwin County

Interstate 10 West
Crossing the Perdido River from Florida into the state of Alabama. 13 miles separate the first westbound exit in Alabama from the state border. Photo taken 08/21/03.
The Alabama State Welcome Center resides just west of the Perdido River bridge. Official state maps, tourist information, and a schedule for the Mobile Bay Ferry are available in addition to the standard rest area facilities. Photo taken 11/22/08.
Welcome to Alabama sign posted adjacent to the Alabama Welcome Center. This style of sign was introduced when Governor Bob Riley took office. Photo taken 11/21/08.
An 18-mile exit less stretch ends at the Exit 53 diamond interchange with Baldwin County 64 (Wilcox Road). The otherwise rural exit features a fireworks store and a truck stop. Photo taken 02/10/06.
One half mile east of the Baldwin County 64 (Wilcox Road) along Interstate 10 west. Wilcox Road and Baldwin County 64 part ways just south of the interchange; Wilcox Road continues to Patterson Road as County Road 64 turns west to junction Baldwin County 83 (Future Foley Beach Express extension) and Rosinton. Photos taken 08/02/06 & 07/08/09.
Westbound Interstate 10 at the Exit 53 off-ramp to Baldwin County 64 (Wilcox Road). Included is a look at the 2005 sign replacement of the a sign observed in 2003. Baldwin County 64 continues north from Interstate 10 and Wilcox Road to Baldwin County 112 west of Gateswood. The road is lightly traveled and mainly serves pine forest industries. Situated nearby is the former Styx River Water World. That facility closed in 2001. Photos taken 08/02/06 & 06/15/09.
Ascending from the Interstate 10 mainline to junction Baldwin County 64 at Exit 53. Baldwin County 64 leads west directly to Loxley and ultimately to Daphne. Photo taken 07/08/09.

Persimmon Creek flows east into Styx River; Interstate 10 sees a carriageway split around a portion of the stream west of Exit 53. Pictured here is the first state-named shield posted along Interstate 10 since its begin 375 miles to the east. Photo taken 07/08/09.
Original button copy mileage sign posted along Interstate 10 west of Wilcox Road listing the distances to Loxley (Exit 44) and Mobile (Exit 26). Photo taken 05/23/09.
A new interchange is planned at milepost 49.5 that will join the freeway with Baldwin County 68 and the future Foley Beach Express extension. Presently the Foley Beach Express travels north from Alabama 180 in Orange Beach to Baldwin County 32 in Summerdale. The four-lane divided highway will overtake the Baldwin County 83 corridor northward to its junction with Baldwin County 64 east of Rosinton. Photos taken 07/08/09.
Interstate 10 westbound next meets Alabama 59 (North Hickory Street) at Exit 44. A folded-diamond interchange joins the two four-lane highways on the north side of Loxley. The immediate area of the exit includes a truck stop, fast food franchises, and Flowerwood Nursery. Photo taken 07/08/09.
Alabama 59 represents the main route to and from the coastal resort towns of Orange Beach and Gulf Shores. The highway carries four lanes between Alabama 287 and its terminus at Alabama 182 along the Gulf of Mexico. Interests to Gulf Shores State Park should use the state highway south to Alabama 180 east. Photo taken 07/08/09.
Exit 44 loops from Interstate 10 west onto Alabama 59 (North Hickory Street) below. The design of the interchange remains from a time when a railroad line paralleled Alabama 59 to the east. Alabama 59 and 287 provide a direct four lane route to Interstate 65 north of the Baldwin County seat of Bay Minette. Southward, Alabama 59 stays somewhat rural outside Foley, Robertsdale, Summerdale, and Loxley, but increasing suburbanization of Baldwin County is working at changing that distinction. Photo taken 07/08/09.
One mile east of the diamond interchange with Alabama 181 near the community of Malbis. Alabama 181 constituted a short four-lane connector between U.S. 90 and U.S. 31 east of Spanish Fort and Daphne originally, but saw extension in 2005 southward over Baldwin County 27 (Belforest Road) to a point just north of U.S. 98 west of Foley. Expansion of the Daphne and Spanish Fort city limits resulted in new guide signs for Exit 38 in 2005. Malbis was replaced with both cities on all Exit 38 guide signs for Interstate 10. Photos taken 08/21/03 & 07/08/09.
Rapid development of the Alabama 181 corridor in the mid-2000s transitioned Malbis Plantation Parkway from a rural-like highway into a commercial arterial between U.S. 90 and U.S. 31. Further south, four-laning is underway as of late 2009 on the growing suburban corridor leading to Baldwin County 27 west of Foley. Photos taken 08/21/03 & 07/08/09.
Exit 38 departs Interstate 10 westbound for Alabama 181 (Malbis Plantation Parkway). Note the tree clearing on the north side of the freeway. The clearing was undertaken for the construction of the Eastern Shore Centre shopping complex to the northeast of the interchange. Alabama 181 gained five signals because of the new center. Additional growth in the area includes the 2006-completed Jimmy Faulkner Drive (Baldwin County 27) stemming north from Alabama 181 and U.S. 31 to the new Spanish Fort High School. Additional commercial development flanks the southwest quadrant of the exit, adding two more traffic lights to Alabama 181. Photo taken 07/08/09.
Interstate 10 lowers toward Mobile Bay on the four-mile approach to central Spanish Fort. Downtown Mobile lies 11 miles to the west.
A new interchange is planned one mile west of Exit 38 with Baldwin County 13. Originally planned as a trumpet interchange, the design of this future exit may include access to the north side of I-10 in the form of a service road. Photo taken 05/23/09.
One mile east of the Exit 35 partial-cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 90 & 98 at the Daphne / Spanish Fort city line by D'Olive Creek. U.S. 90 travels west parallel to Interstate 10 from Malbis into northern Daphne, merging with U.S. 98 briefly across Interstate 10. U.S. 98 heads north from Montrose, Fairhope and Daphne along Baldwin County's Eastern Shore. Photo taken 05/23/09.
Spanish Fort Town Center comes into view on the half-mile approach to Exit 35 on Interstate 10 west. Previously forested land gave way to a sprawling shopping center anchored by Bass Pro Shops. U.S. 90 (Old Spanish Trail) leads north from Exit 35 to the commercial center before turning west onto Spanish Fort Boulevard at U.S. 31's northbound beginning. U.S. 31 follows Spanish Fort Boulevard east to junction Alabama 225 (Blakeley Drive) north to Historic Blakeley State Park Confederate Memorial Battlefield. The park is a historic battleground of one of the final conflicts during the Civil War. Spanish Fort itself was originally a civil war battleground and home to a since removed fort. Photo taken 07/08/09.
All traffic to U.S. 90 & 98 departs Interstate 10 westbound in unison. Exit 35 ties into the U.S. 90 & 98 westbound split. U.S. 98 follows Battleship Parkway directly; U.S. 90 travels north and then west before merging with the parkway via a partial "Y" interchange. U.S. 98 eastbound travels south along a slow moving arterial to a point east of Point Clear. The road becomes more rural from that point southward to its eastern turn at Barnwell. Use Exit 35 for U.S. 98 east to the United States Sports Academy and Sport Art Museum. Photo taken 07/08/09.
Interstate 10 spans the Blakeley River and sims southern reaches of Meaher State Park at the beginning of the eight-mile Mobile Bayway. The Bayway consists of twin two-lane viaducts traveling over shallow waters of northern Mobile Bay and southern Polecat Bay. The elevated roadway sees variable message and speed limit signs. Two westbound reassurance shields are posted between Spanish Fort and the Apalachee River. Photos taken 07/08/09.
Angling northwest toward the Exit 30 diamond interchange with U.S. 90 & 98 (Battleship Parkway) along Interstate 10 west. U.S. 90 & 98 travel a causeway west from Spanish Fort to USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park and Blakeley Island in Mobile County. Photo taken 07/08/09.
Interstate 10 crosses a narrow strip of land at Exit 30 with Battleship Parkway. Spanish Fort's city limits extend westward along the narrow causeway through to the Tensaw River and Mobile County line. U.S. 90 & 98 continue west along side Interstate 10 to their split at the Bankhead Tunnel and Cochrane Causeway otherwise. Photo taken 07/08/09.
Descending from the Mobile Bayway to junction U.S. 90 & 98 (Battleship Parkway). A U.S. 31 trailblazer directs motorists back to Spanish Fort for the southern terminus of the route. U.S. 31 travels between Spanish Fort and a point south of Mackinaw City, Michigan. The route used to continue west along the causeway to downtown Mobile with U.S. 98. Photo taken 01/16/09.
Interstate 10 continues west and crosses the Tensaw River, the boundary between Mobile and Baldwin Counties. The elevated highway skims southern reaches of Polecat Bay west of the river. Photos taken 07/08/09 & 06/07/06.

Page Updated January 6, 2010.