Editing Alabama (section)

== Transportation ==
{{Main|Transportation in Alabama}}
[[File:Montgomery Regional Airport New Terminal.JPG|thumb|Terminal at the [[Montgomery Regional Airport]] in Montgomery]]
[[File:I20I59Birmingham.JPG|thumb|[[Interstate 59]] (co-signed with [[Interstate 20]]) approaching [[Interstate 65]] in downtown Birmingham]]
[[File:Mobile Alabama harbor aerial view.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the port of Mobile]]

=== Aviation ===
{{Main|Aviation in Alabama}}

Major airports with sustained operations in Alabama include [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport]] (BHM), [[Huntsville International Airport]] (HSV), [[Dothan Regional Airport]] (DHN), [[Mobile Regional Airport]] (MOB), [[Montgomery Regional Airport]] (MGM), [[Northwest Alabama Regional Airport]]<!--no longer Muscle Shoals Aux--> (MSL) and [[Northeast Alabama Regional Airport]] (GAD).

=== Rail ===
{{Alabama rail network}}
For rail transport, [[Amtrak]] schedules the ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'', a daily passenger train, running from New York to New Orleans with station stops at [[Anniston station|Anniston]], [[Birmingham station (Alabama)|Birmingham]], and [[Tuscaloosa station|Tuscaloosa]].

=== Roads ===
Alabama has six major interstate routes: [[Interstate 65 in Alabama|Interstate 65]] (I-65) travels north–south roughly through the middle of the state; [[Interstate 20 in Alabama|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59 in Alabama|I-59]] travel from the central west Mississippi state line to Birmingham, where I-59 continues to the north-east corner of the state and I-20 continues east towards [[Atlanta]]; [[Interstate 85 in Alabama|I-85]] originates in Montgomery and travels east-northeast to the Georgia state line, providing a main thoroughfare to Atlanta; and [[Interstate 10 in Alabama|I-10]] traverses the southernmost portion of the state, traveling from west to east through Mobile. [[Interstate 22 in Alabama|I-22]] enters the state from Mississippi and connects Birmingham with [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. In addition, there are currently five auxiliary interstate routes in the state: [[Interstate 165 (Alabama)|I-165]] in Mobile, [[Interstate 359|I-359]] in Tuscaloosa, [[Interstate 459|I-459]] around Birmingham, [[Interstate 565|I-565]] in Decatur and Huntsville, and [[Interstate 759|I-759]] in Gadsden. A sixth route, [[Interstate 685 (Alabama)|I-685]], will be formed when I-85 is rerouted along a new southern bypass of Montgomery. A proposed northern bypass of Birmingham will be designated as [[Interstate 422|I-422]]. Since a direct connection from I-22 to I-422 will not be possible, [[Interstate 222|I-222]] has been proposed, as well.

Several U.S. Highways also pass through the state, such as [[U.S. Route 11 in Alabama|U.S. Route 11]] (US-11), [[U.S. Route 29 in Alabama|US-29]], [[U.S. Route 31 in Alabama|US-31]], [[U.S. Route 43 in Alabama|US-43]], [[U.S. Route 45 in Alabama|US-45]], [[U.S. Route 72 in Alabama|US-72]], [[U.S. Route 78 in Alabama|US-78]], [[U.S. Route 80 in Alabama|US-80]], [[U.S. Route 82 in Alabama|US-82]], [[U.S. Route 84 in Alabama|US-84]], [[U.S. Route 90 in Alabama|US-90]], [[U.S. Route 98 in Alabama|US-98]], [[U.S. Route 231 in Alabama|US-231]], [[U.S. Route 278 in Alabama|US-278]], [[U.S. Route 280 in Alabama|US-280]], [[U.S. Route 331 in Alabama|US-331]], [[U.S. Route 411 in Alabama|US-411]], and [[U.S. Route 431 in Alabama|US-431]].

There are four toll roads in the state: Montgomery Expressway in Montgomery; Northport/Tuscaloosa Western Bypass in Tuscaloosa and [[Northport, Alabama|Northport]]; Emerald Mountain Expressway in Wetumpka; and Beach Express in [[Orange Beach, Alabama|Orange Beach]].

=== Ports ===
The [[Port of Mobile]], Alabama's only saltwater port, is a large seaport on the Gulf of Mexico with inland waterway access to the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] by way of the [[Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway]]. The Port of Mobile was ranked 12th by tons of traffic in the United States during 2009.<ref name="tonstraffic">{{cite web |title=Table 1086. Top U.S. Ports by Tons of Traffic: 2009 |website=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1087.pdf |access-date=July 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019042444/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1087.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The newly expanded [[Container port|container terminal]] at the Port of Mobile was ranked as the 25th busiest for container traffic in the nation during 2011.<ref name="containers">{{cite web |title=U.S. Waterborne Container Traffic by Port/Waterway in 2011 (Loaded and Empty TEUS) |website=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |url=http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/by_porttons11.html |access-date=July 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103145509/http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/by_porttons11.html|archive-date=November 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The state's other ports are on rivers with access to the Gulf of Mexico.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alabama Water ports, from north to south
! Port name
! Location
! Connected to
|-
| Port of Florence ||[[Florence, Alabama|Florence]]/[[Muscle Shoals, Alabama|Muscle Shoals]], on [[Pickwick Lake]] || [[Tennessee River]]
|-
| [[Port of Decatur]] || [[Decatur, Alabama|Decatur]], on [[Wheeler Lake]] || Tennessee River
|-
| Port of Demopolis ||[[Demopolis, Alabama|Demopolis]], on [[Tombigbee River]] || [[Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway]]
|-
| Port of Guntersville ||[[Guntersville, Alabama|Guntersville]], on [[Lake Guntersville]] || Tennessee River
|-
| Port of Birmingham || [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], on [[Black Warrior River]] || Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
|-
| Port of Tuscaloosa || [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]], on Black Warrior River || Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
|-
| Port of Montgomery || [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], on [[R.E. "Bob" Woodruff Lake|Woodruff Lake]] || [[Alabama River]]
|-
| [[Port of Mobile]] || [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], on [[Mobile Bay]] || [[Gulf of Mexico]]
|}
{{clear}}