State Route 193 or SR-193 is a 26.581 miles (42.8 km) long route that serves as the primary travel route into Dauphin Island

Dauphin Island, Alabama

Dauphin Island is a town in Mobile County, Alabama , on a barrier island also named Dauphin Island , at the Gulf of Mexico. The population was 1,371 at the 2000 census. The town is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area...

 through southern Mobile County

Mobile County, Alabama

Mobile County[p] is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe . As of 2011, its population was 415,704. Its county seat is Mobile, Alabama...

. South of its intersection with Laurendine Road, SR-193 is known as Dauphin Island Parkway, with the northern half of Dauphin Island Parkway routed along State Route 163

Alabama State Route 163

State Route 163 or SR-163 is a state highway that serves as a north-south connection between Mobile and Theodore through Mobile County. SR-163 intersects SR-193 at its southern terminus and US-90 at its northern terminus.-Route description:...

 (SR-163). The northern portion of SR-193 is known as Range Line Road.

Route description

The southern terminus of SR-193 is located at the western terminus of the Fort Morgan

Fort Morgan

Fort Morgan can apply to any one of several places in the United States:*Fort Morgan , a fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay*Fort Morgan, Alabama, a nearby community...

 ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

 in eastern Dauphin Island. From this point, the route travels in a westerly direction before turning to the north off the island across the Gordon Persons Bridge spanning the Mississippi Sound

Mississippi Sound

The Mississippi Sound is a sound along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, from Waveland, Mississippi, to the Dauphin Island Bridge, a distance of about 145 kilometers...

. From this point, the route travels across Mon Louis Island

Mon Louis Island

Mon Louis Island, originally known as Isle aux Maraguans, is an island on the coast of the U.S. state of Alabama, south of Mobile. Located in southeastern Mobile County, it has an average elevation of . Roughly wide and long, it is bounded by Fowl River on the north and west, Mobile Bay on the...

, over Fowl River

Fowl River

Fowl River is a brackish river in Mobile County, Alabama. It originates near Theodore and then splits into the East Fowl River and the West Fowl River. The East Fowl River discharges into Mobile Bay south of Belle Fontaine. The West Fowl River discharges into the Mississippi Sound east of Coden...

, and continues onward in a northerly direction before reaching its northern terminus at US-90 in Tillmans Corner

Tillmans Corner, Alabama

Tillman's Corner is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 15,685. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:...

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Major intersections

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Dauphin Island Bridge

The Dauphin Island Bridge, formally the Gordon Persons Bridge, carries a , two-lane section of Alabama State Route 193 from mainland Mobile County, Alabama across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Dauphin Island. The natural channel followed by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at this location is...

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External links

• Alabama 193 Endings
• Alabama 193 at AARoads.com