General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge
Carries	4 lanes of Interstate 65
Crosses	Mobile-Tensaw River delta
Locale	Mobile, Alabama
Opening date	1978

The General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge consists of two parallel tied arch bridges and adjoining concrete viaduct bridges that carry 4 lanes of Interstate 65 across the Mobile-Tensaw River delta northeast of the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama. It was named in honor of Walter K. Wilson, a Chief of Engineers with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and long-term resident of Mobile.^[1] He was credited with being one of the first people recognizing the need to construct a high-level bridge on Interstate 65 over the Mobile River because of anticipated waterway development. The state of Alabama named the bridge in his honor after completion of construction in 1978.^[2]

Dolly Parton Bridge

The bridge's two parallel supporting arches have caused the bridge to gain the nickname of the "Dolly Parton Bridge".

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