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The Point (Port) Isabel Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in Port Isabel, Texas, United States that was built in 1852 to guide ships through the Brazos Santiago Pass to Port Isabel. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1976.
A settlement known as Point Isabel was established at the location in the 1830s, and in 1853, the Point Isabel Lighthouse was constructed to overlook the lagoon. The city was named Port Isabel in 1928, and in 1954, the Queen Isabella Causeway, the longest bridge in Texas, was constructed across Laguna Madre to South Padre Island.
Port Isabel connects with South Padre Island via the Queen Isabella Causeway. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, which is located in an unincorporated area adjacent to Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport, 12 miles (19 km) to the northwest of the center of Port Isabel. [29]
State Highway 100 (SH 100) is a Texas state highway that runs 24 miles (39 km) between "Russeltown" and Port Isabel.It was designated in 1926 along its current route. Its western terminus is at Interstate 69E/U.S. Highway 77/83 and ends at the western end of the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway at Port Isabel.
This included Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Baytown, Freeport, Port Aransas, Port Isabel, and San Luis Pass. Also, a number of camps for prisoners of war were established. Camp Travis (previously Camp Wilson) on the northeastern boundary of Fort Sam Houston (five miles northeast of downtown San Antonio).
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 ...
Port Isabel Slough was found by Captain W. H. Pierson of the schooner Isabel in 1865. This slough was an anchorage, sheltered from the tidal bore, permitting safe transfer of cargoes and a few miles farther up was another slough ideal for a shipyard. Here Port Isabel was established by 1867. The competition had caused rates to fall and service ...
Port Isabel, Texas, USA; a city in Cameron County Port Isabel, Sonora , Mexico; a former port (1864-1879) at the mouth of the Colorado River Port Isabel Independent School District , Cameron County, Texas, USA