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==Geography== [[File:Mobile River at Chickasaw Creek.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aerial view of the [[Mobile River]] at its confluence with Chickasaw Creek. This photograph was taken around 1990, during construction of the Cochrane-Africatown bridge carrying [[U.S. Route 90]] across the river.]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1644|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1229|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|415|sqmi}} (25.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the fourth-largest county in Alabama by land area and second-largest by total area. It includes several islands, including [[Dauphin Island]], [[Gaillard Island]] and [[Mon Louis Island]]. ===Major highways=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *[[File:I-10 (AL).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10]] *[[File:I-65 (AL).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 65]] *[[File:I-165 (AL).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 165 (Alabama)|Interstate 165]] *[[File:I-110.svg|25px]] planned western bypass *[[File:US 43.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 43]] *[[File:US 45.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 45]] *[[File:US 90.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 90]] *[[File:US 98.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 98]] *[[File:Alabama 158.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 158|State Route 158]] *[[File:Alabama 163.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 163|State Route 163]] *[[File:Alabama 188.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 188|State Route 188]] *[[File:Alabama 193.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 193|State Route 193]] *[[File:Alabama 213.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 213|State Route 213]] *[[File:Alabama 217.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 217|State Route 217]] {{div col end}} ===Transit=== *[[The Wave Transit System]] ===Adjacent counties=== *[[Washington County, Alabama|Washington County]] (north) *[[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin County]] (east) *[[Jackson County, Mississippi]] (southwest) *[[George County, Mississippi]] (west) *[[Greene County, Mississippi]] (northwest) ===National protected areas=== * [[Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge]] (part) * [[Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
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