Baldwin County Route 4

Cotton Creek Drive carries CR 4 east from SR 59 (Gulf Shores Parkway) at 36th Avenue to the Foley Beach Express. Connections to the toll bridge south into Orange Beach are provided by Roscoe Road north to Bradford Road east.

08/01/06

CR 4 reassurance marker posted on Brown Lane after Roscoe Road. Cotton Creek Road comprises the main access road to the sprawling Craft Farms golf course subdivision community.

08/01/06

Brown Lane loops under the Foley Beach Express toll bridge and connects with the northbound side of the expressway.

08/01/06

Passing under the Intracoastal Waterway bridge of the Foley Beach Express. The expressway narrows to two lanes as it crosses the waterway on a toll bridge built in 2000.

08/01/06

Construction along the south side of the Intracoastal related to The Wharf rises to encompass the view of Browns Lane on the eastward turn under the toll bridge. A long delayed development lines the north side of the Intracoastal adjacent to the Foley Beach Express. Partially built structures associated with Bama Bayou occupied areas east of the toll plaza for years.

08/01/06

Heading west along Waterway W Boulevard through an area that was originally slated for the massive Bon Secour Village development. Only a handful of streets were built in 2006, and much of the area remained undeveloped due to financial woes of the developing company and the real estate collapse of the late 2000s. However, developed ensued in earnest by the late 2010s.

08/01/06

CR 4 transitions to Oyster Bay Road, eventually crossing wetlands along northern reaches of the bay.

08/01/06

CR 4 concludes at CR 6. County Road 6 spurs west onto Plash Island and arcs northeast along the Bon Secour River to Pak and SR 59 (Gulf Shores Parkway).

08/01/06