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Galveston-Port Bolivar Ferry: Bolivar Peninsula: 9.3: 15.0: Loop 108 north – Port Bolivar: 11.9: 19.2: Loop 108 south: 35.5: 57.1: SH 124 north: Gap in route : Jefferson McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge PR 69 – Sea Rim State Park: Sabine Pass: FM 3322 east – USCG: Port Arthur: bridge over Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: SH 82 – Houston ...
Galveston Bay is at left in this photograph. View is to the northeast. Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Bolivar. Port Bolivar (/ ˈ b ɒ l ɪ v ər / BOL-i-vər) is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay.
The airport operates primarily small to medium-haul flights and is the only airport in Houston served by Southwest Airlines. The third-largest airport and former U.S. Air Force base, Ellington Airport (formerly Ellington Field [7]), is primarily used for government and private aircraft.
State Highway 3 (SH 3) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Interstate 45 in Houston near William P. Hobby Airport to State Highway 146, 9.9 miles (15.9 km) northwest of Galveston. For most of its length, SH 3 parallels I-45 and runs alongside the former Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad lines.
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.
The George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway is a set of causeways in Galveston, Texas, United States. Two of the routes carry the southbound and northbound traffic of Interstate 45, while the original causeway is restricted to rail traffic. It is the main roadway access point to Galveston Island. The second access point is Bolivar Ferry.
On August 21, 1923, SH 6 was extended along the eastern Gulf Division branch of SH 2 to keep SH 2 from having two separate highways with the same number. [5] In 1926, US 75 and US 77 were overlaid on northern SH 6 from Waco northward through the Dallas area to Denison, and US 75 was overlaid on the section from Houston to Galveston.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport: Houston: IAH KIAH IAH 12,001 William P. Hobby Airport: Houston: HOU KHOU HOU 7,602 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport: Angleton/Lake Jackson, Texas: LJN KLBX LBX 7,000 Scholes International Airport at Galveston: Galveston: GLS KGLS GLS 6,001 Ellington Airport: Houston: EFD KEFD EFD 9,001 West Houston Airport