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Texas State Highway 332 begins in Surfside Beach and leads northwest past Freeport 12 miles (19 km) to Lake Jackson. According to the United States Census Bureau , Surfside Beach has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km 2 ), of which 1.7 square miles (4.3 km 2 ) is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2 ), or 25.23%, is water.
Surfside Beach, Texas Follet's Island is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in Brazoria County, Texas , immediately southwest of Galveston Island . Follet's Island separates the Christmas Bay system from the Gulf of Mexico , making it one of a chain of barrier islands running along most of the Texas coast. [ 1 ]
State Highway 332 (SH 332) is a 15.646-mile (25.180 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Texas.The highway includes a 4.8 mi (7.7 km) concurrent section with SH 288 that brings the total length to 20.4 miles (32.8 km).
Floodwaters swirl around the Romero house in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) A man takes pictures before the arrival of Tropical Storm Alberto at Bagdad Beach in Matamoros, Mexico.
The cause of the walkway collapse in Surfside Beach, a small city on the Gulf of Mexico, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of downtown Houston, was under investigation.
Surfside’s pier has been a part of the coastal town’s identify for a half century. Initially built in 1953, it was rebuilt three times because of storm damage.
Surfside Beach is the closest city on the other side of Galveston along Brazoria County Road 257. The east approach to the San Luis Pass Bridge also serves as the western terminus of FM 3005 . As of 2024, the bridge is the only toll crossing in the Houston Metro that continues to collect cash and does not utilize electronic toll collection .
Quintana is located in southern Brazoria County on Quintana Beach along the Gulf of Mexico.It is bordered by the city of Surfside Beach to the northeast, across the entrance to Freeport Harbor, and by the city of Freeport to the southwest in the area of Bryan Beach.