Battleship Parkway, Causeway in Mobile, Alabama, United States

Battleship Parkway, known locally as the Causeway, is a 7-mile (11.3 km) causeway carrying US 90 and US 98 eastbound across Mobile Bay from the Bankhead Tunnel on Blakeley Island in Mobile to Spanish Fort. Built in 1926 from raised earthen embankments and concrete bridges, it is a four-lane divided highway for most of its length.

Battleship Parkway was built in 1926 as a series of raised earthen embankments and concrete bridges, giving Mobile and Baldwin counties their first road link across Mobile Bay. It carried that traffic alone until the Jubilee Parkway opened nearby in 1978. In 2007 a 3.4-mile chainlink fence was added along part of the causeway to keep the Alabama red-bellied cooter off the roadway.

The causeway takes its local name, "the Causeway," from its function as a raised road across Mobile Bay. Along it stand Battleship Memorial Park, home to the USS Alabama and USS Drum, and many of the Mobile area's prominent seafood restaurants.

The causeway is vulnerable to flooding during hurricane season, so check weather conditions before driving. It helps to monitor road reports and any temporary closures before traveling across the bridge.

In 2007 a 3.4-mile (5.5 km) chainlink fence was built along part of the causeway to keep the Alabama red-bellied cooter, a turtle found in the Mobile Bay area, off the roadway. The fence is a detail to look for while driving the span between Mobile and Spanish Fort.