It, like the smaller Bankhead Tunnel a few blocks upriver from it, was constructed in Mobile at the shipyards of the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO) from 1969-1973. The George Corley Wallace Tunnel, actually two separate tunnels (one for two lanes of travel eastbound, and one for two lanes of travel westbound on Interstate 10), was built in sections and floated to the proper positions, then sunk.
The George Corley Wallace Tunnel, a two-lane tunnel on Interstate 10, was constructed at the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO) shipyards in Mobile from 1969 to 1973. It consisted of two separate tunnels for eastbound and westbound traffic.