Mobile River
Map of the Mobile River Basin
Origin	Tombigbee and Alabama River
Mouth	Mobile Bay
Basin countries	United States
Length	72 km (45 mi)
Source elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Avg. The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 400 mi (644 km long in the U The Alabama River, in the US state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers which unite about six miles above Montgomery Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the discharge	282 to 9,018 m³/s (? ft³/s) [summer to spring] [1]
Basin area	115,000 km² (44,000 mi²)

Aerial view of the Mobile River at its confluence with Chickasaw Creek, about 5 miles (8 km) above Mobile Bay. In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time This photograph was taken about 1990 during construction of the Cochrane-Africatown bridge carrying U. S. Route 90 across the river. The bridge piers and construction crane are visible in the picture.

Map showing the course of the Mobile, Alabama, and Coosa rivers

The Mobile River is located in southern Alabama in the United States. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Formed out of the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers, the approximately 45-mile-long (72 km) river drains an area of 44,000 sq mi (115,000 km²) of Alabama, with a watershed extending into Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 400 mi (644 km long in the U The Alabama River, in the US state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers which unite about six miles above Montgomery A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Its drainage basin is the fourth-largest in the United States. The river has historically provided the principal navigational access for Alabama. Since construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, it also provides an alternative route into the Ohio River watershed. The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom) is a 234 mile (377 km artificial waterway that provides a connecting link between the Tennessee The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River.

The Tombigbee and Alabama River join to form the Mobile River approximately 50 mi (80 km) NNE of Mobile, along the county line between Mobile and Baldwin counties. Mobile County is a County of the US state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe (see Mobilian Baldwin County is a County of the US state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Abraham Baldwin, a member of the United States Senate The combined stream flows south, in a winding course. Approximately 6 mi (10 km) downstream from the confluence, the channel of the river divides, with the Mobile flowing along the western channel. The Tensaw River, a bayou of the Mobile River, flows alongside to the east, separated from 2 to 5 mi (3 to 8 km) as they flow southward. The Tensaw River is a Distributary of the Mobile River, approximately 25 mi (56 km long in southern Alabama in the United States. A bayou (pronounced oʊ or uː is a small slow-moving Stream or creek or a lake or pool ( bayou lake) that lies in an abandoned channel of a stream The Mobile River reaches Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico just east of downtown Mobile. Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world

Crossings

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Mobile River from Mobile Bay upstream to its source at the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 400 mi (644 km long in the U The Alabama River, in the US state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers which unite about six miles above Montgomery Proposals for a new bridge to carry Interstate 10 over the river have been debated for several years. Currently the Alabama Department of Transportation is conducting an environmental impact study for such a crossing and into the widening of the Jubilee Parkway, which carries Interstate 10 over Mobile Bay. The Jubilee Parkway is a pair of parallel concrete Viaduct Bridges that carry Interstate 10 across Mobile Bay from the George Wallace Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. The location of this bridge is of great debate with some parties pushing for a crossing south of the current tunnels while others are opposed to anything south of the Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge.

Crossing	Carries	Location	Coordinates
George Wallace Tunnel	Interstate 10	Mobile
Bankhead Tunnel	U.S. Route 90 U.S. Route 98
Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge	U.S. Route 90 U.S. Route 98
14-Mile Bridge	CSX
General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge	Interstate 65

See also

• List of Alabama rivers

Notes

External links

• USGS: Mobile River Basin
• University of Alabama: Mobile River System
• Mobile River Terminal