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Hurricane Ivan made landfall between Fort Morgan and Gulf Shores, Alabama in southern Baldwin County on early Wednesday morning September 15, 2004. The category 4 storm weakened to 130 mph winds from 135 just before making landfall on the Gulf Coast. The storm was traveling northnortheast at the time of landfall thus putting the northeast quadrant of the hurricane and eye wall across both Baldwin and Escambia Counties. The landfalling storm caused extensive damage to not only property, but roads, the environment, and countless lives.
Posted here is the status of the U.S. 90 Escambia River causeway. (source: Pensacola News Journal).
- U.S. 90 Escambia River causeway - Hurricane debris and damage had rendered the eastbound carriageway of U.S. 90 impassable. The westbound direction accommodated one lane of traffic for each direction. However roadwork quickly restored the eastbound lanes of traffic and U.S. 90 is now back to its original capacity.
Page Updated April 15, 2009.
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