 The tunnel was the location of a scene in the 1977 blockbuster "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" by director Steven Spielberg, a film which was primarily filmed in the Mobile area.In this particular scene Roy Neary, played by Richard Dreyfuss, drives through the tunnel as he chases UFOs.The tunnel was later featured during a motorcycle chase scene in the 1991 film "Stone Cold", starring Brian Bosworth.