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The accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. after a tugboat operator pushing two barges lost control of them, said David Flores, a bridge superintendent with the Galveston County Navigation District.
A barge slammed into a bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into the bay and forcing a shutdown of the Texas span, officials said, in the latest accident involving prominent U.S ...
A bridge in Galveston Texas was hit by a barge on Wednesday, causing part of an attached railway to collapse (AP) According to the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management, the incident ...
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
The old bascule bridge in its raised position. A barge passing under the new lift span on the railroad causeway, with the 2008-opened new causeway for road vehicles visible at left. The old bascule span now in Petaluma, California. It was repainted to match the theme color for the commuter train seen here. The taller bridge in the background is ...
From a historical perspective, on September 8, 1900, the Great Galveston Hurricane came ashore on a path similar to Ike, [49] bringing with it a storm surge that inundated most of Galveston Island: as a result, much of the city was destroyed and at least 6,000 people were killed in a few hours; afterward, the level of the island was raised an ...
Get the Galveston, TX local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
After Rosenberg, US 90 Alternate passes through Richmond, Sugar Land, Stafford and Missouri City before entering Houston. US 90A in Sugar Land between State Highway 6 and the Southwest Freeway is an 8 lane boulevard with at-grade signalized intersections.