Alabama Port
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Location of Alabama Port in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Mobile County | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 22 ′ N , 88 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 2 m | ||
| Postal code : | 36523 | ||
| Area code : | +1 251 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-00772 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 154960 | ||
Alabama Port , sometimes also called Port Alabama , is a municipality-free area on Mon Louis Island in Mobile County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Alabama Port is located in southern Alabama in the southern United States. It is located in Mobile Bay and therefore directly on the Gulf of Mexico .
Nearby places include Heron Bay (1 km southwest), Bayou La Batre (9 km northwest) and Coden (9 km west). The next larger city with 195,000 inhabitants is Mobile, about 28 kilometers to the north .
traffic
Alabama Port is located at the intersection of Alabama State Route 188 , which joins US Highway 90 a few kilometers west , with Alabama State Route 193 , which joins Alabama State Route 16 south of Mobile .
Interstate 10 runs 18 kilometers northwest of Alabama Port and runs from California for nearly 4,000 kilometers to Florida .
About 35 kilometers north of the town is the Mobile Regional Airport , which offers flight connections to Dallas and Atlanta , among other things .