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Governor Kay Ivey announced on 29 September 2026 that she had formally authorized the start of construction. Her office described the project, with a construction cost of $3.2 billion, as the largest transportation infrastructure project in Alabama history.","The governor’s office said the notice followed the close of bond sales and federal financing earlier in September and was the final procedural step before construction. On 2 October 2026, ALDOT said state, federal and local leaders broke ground at Cooper Riverside Park in downtown Mobile, and that KMT had begun mobilizing after the notice to proceed. Governor Ivey was joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy.","ALDOT described the $3.2 billion Phase One as a new six-lane, cable-stayed Mobile River Bridge, improvements to key interchanges and traffic flow, and restriping of the existing Bayway to provide six lanes of capacity across Mobile Bay. A new Bayway structure is planned for a future phase. ALDOT said construction is expected to take five years. Neither source states the design-build contract price."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:51:27+03:00","language":"en","text":"German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article."}],"country":"US","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"تكلفة الإنشاء وعدد المسارات والمدة المتوقعة للإنشاء كما ذكرها مكتب حاكمة ألاباما وALDOT.","de":"Baukosten, Spurenzahl und erwartete Bauzeit laut Büro der Gouverneurin von Alabama und ALDOT.","en":"Construction cost, lane counts and expected construction time stated by the Alabama governor’s office and ALDOT.","es":"Costo de construcción, número de carriles y duración prevista de las obras, según la oficina de la gobernadora de Alabama y el ALDOT.","fr":"Coût de construction, nombre de voies et durée de construction prévue, selon le bureau de la gouverneure de l’Alabama et l’ALDOT.","pt":"Custo, número de faixas e prazo esperado informados pelo gabinete da governadora do Alabama e pelo ALDOT.","tr":"Alabama Valiliği ve ALDOT açıklamalarında belirtilen inşaat maliyeti, şerit sayıları ve beklenen inşaat süresi."},"id":"construction-cost-and-scope","items":[{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"تكلفة الإنشاء","de":"Baukosten","en":"Construction cost","es":"Costo de construcción","fr":"Coût de construction","pt":"Custo de construção","tr":"İnşaat maliyeti"},"measure":{"aggregation":"stock","frequency":"irregular","geography":"alabama","id":"mobile-river-bridge-bayway-construction-cost","periodRole":"announcement-date","unitCode":"billion-usd"},"period":"2026-09-29","unit":"billion USD","value":3.2},{"basis":"target","label":{"ar":"عدد مسارات جسر نهر موبايل الجديد المعلق بالكابلات","de":"Spuren auf der neuen Schrägseilbrücke über den Mobile River","en":"Lanes on the new cable-stayed Mobile River Bridge","es":"Carriles del nuevo puente atirantado sobre el río Mobile","fr":"Voies du nouveau pont à haubans sur la Mobile River","pt":"Faixas na nova ponte estaiada sobre o rio Mobile","tr":"Yeni kablo gergili Mobile River Köprüsü’nün şerit sayısı"},"measure":{"aggregation":"stock","frequency":"irregular","geography":"alabama","id":"mobile-river-bridge-lanes","periodRole":"announcement-date","unitCode":"count"},"period":"2026-10-02","unit":"lanes","value":6},{"basis":"target","label":{"ar":"عدد مسارات الطاقة الاستيعابية عبر خليج موبايل بعد إعادة تخطيط بايواي","de":"Fahrspuren über die Mobile Bay nach Neumarkierung der Bayway","en":"Lanes of capacity across Mobile Bay after Bayway restriping","es":"Carriles de capacidad a través de la bahía de Mobile tras el nuevo marcado del Bayway","fr":"Voies de capacité à travers la baie de Mobile après le nouveau marquage du Bayway","pt":"Faixas de capacidade na Mobile Bay após a remarcação da Bayway","tr":"Bayway yeniden şeritlendirildikten sonra Mobile Körfezi’ndeki kapasite (şerit)"},"measure":{"aggregation":"stock","frequency":"irregular","geography":"alabama","id":"mobile-bayway-restriped-lanes","periodRole":"announcement-date","unitCode":"count"},"period":"2026-10-02","unit":"lanes","value":6},{"basis":"target","label":{"ar":"مدة الإنشاء المتوقعة","de":"Erwartete Bauzeit","en":"Expected construction duration","es":"Duración prevista de la construcción","fr":"Durée de construction prévue","pt":"Duração esperada da construção","tr":"Beklenen inşaat süresi"},"measure":{"aggregation":"stock","frequency":"irregular","geography":"alabama","id":"mobile-river-bridge-bayway-construction-duration","periodRole":"announcement-date","unitCode":"year"},"period":"2026-10-02","unit":"years","value":5}],"methodology":{"ar":"رقم 3.2 مليار دولار أمريكي هو تكلفة الإنشاء التي ذكرها مكتب الحاكمة، وتطبقه ALDOT على المرحلة الأولى. ولا تذكر المصادر سعر عقد التصميم والبناء لدى KMT. ويصف عدد المسارات ومدة الإنشاء البالغة خمس سنوات النطاق المخطط له والمدة المتوقعة، لا أعمالا منجزة.","de":"Die 3,2 Milliarden US-Dollar sind die vom Gouverneursbüro genannten Baukosten; ALDOT ordnet sie Phase eins zu. 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El número de carriles y el plazo de construcción de cinco años describen el alcance previsto y la duración esperada, no trabajos terminados.","fr":"Le chiffre de 3,2 milliards de dollars américains est le coût de construction indiqué par le bureau de la gouverneure, et l’ALDOT l’applique à la première phase. Les sources n’indiquent pas le prix du contrat de conception-construction de KMT. Le nombre de voies et la durée de construction de cinq ans décrivent le périmètre prévu et la durée attendue, et non des travaux réalisés.","pt":"Os US$ 3,2 bilhões são o custo de construção informado pelo gabinete da governadora, aplicado pelo ALDOT à primeira fase. As fontes não informam o preço do contrato de construção da KMT. Número de faixas e prazo de cinco anos descrevem escopo planejado e duração esperada, não obra concluída.","tr":"3,2 milyar ABD doları, valiliğin belirttiği inşaat maliyetidir; ALDOT bu tutarı Birinci Aşama için kullanıyor. Kaynaklar KMT’nin tasarım-yap sözleşme bedelini belirtmiyor. 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Governor Kay Ivey announced on 29 September 2026 that she had formally authorized the start of construction. Her office described the project, with a construction cost of $3.2 billion, as the largest transportation infrastructure project in Alabama history.\n\nThe governor’s office said the notice followed the close of bond sales and federal financing earlier in September and was the final procedural step before construction. On 2 October 2026, ALDOT said state, federal and local leaders broke ground at Cooper Riverside Park in downtown Mobile, and that KMT had begun mobilizing after the notice to proceed. Governor Ivey was joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy.\n\nALDOT described the $3.2 billion Phase One as a new six-lane, cable-stayed Mobile River Bridge, improvements to key interchanges and traffic flow, and restriping of the existing Bayway to provide six lanes of capacity across Mobile Bay. A new Bayway structure is planned for a future phase. ALDOT said construction is expected to take five years. 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