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The current bridge opened in 1974, replacing a previous bridge that had also been named Queen Isabella Causeway. A central section of the earlier causeway was removed and renamed the Queen Isabella State Fishing Pier. The bridge was severely damaged after being struck by four barges in 2001; eight people were killed in the accident. It reopened ...
Recovery efforts continue on Sept. 18, 2001, at the Queen Isabella Causeway between Port Isabel and South Padre Island in South Texas. A group of barges hit the bridge in the early morning hours ...
Fix was killed while surf fishing in waist-deep water at Andy Bowie Park, Padre Island, near Port Isabel, Texas. Roy C. Kametani: April 8, 1963: Tiger shark: Kametami was swept out to sea while picking opihi at Hapuna Beach, Hawaii. Parts of the body were later recovered. The victim may have drowned before being consumed. [81] LTJG John W ...
No people were found living on it; all that was found was a cat and a dog. The crew aboard was never seen again. The ship itself was sold to a merchant of Newport, renamed the Beach Bird under which name she made many voyages. [24] [25] [26] 28 October 1758 Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda: 56–57 Irish Sea
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Four people were killed, and three others were hospitalized. October 2013: A 45-foot party board with dozens of people on it capsized after a day at the sandbar. Thirty people and a dog were ...
Port Isabel had 4,865 residents during the 2000 census. [6] To the north, Port Mansfield was established in 1950, at the old fishing community of Red Fish Landing. It was named after United States Congressman Joseph J. Mansfield (D-TX), who introduced the bill that extended the Intracoastal Waterway from Corpus Christi to Brownsville in the ...
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