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The Harbor Bridge Project (or New Harbor Bridge or US 181 Harbor Bridge) is the replacement of the existing through arch bridge that crosses the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, which serves the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, with a modern cable-stayed bridge design.
The new Harbor Bridge will be a cable-stayed suspension bridge with a 1661-foot span, rising to a height of 538 feet at the peak of each support pylon. The bridge will allow passage of ships up to 205 feet above-waterline height. The concrete construction technique used for bridge segments have a 170-year estimated life.
The Texas Department of Transportation had been scheduled in the summer of 2025 to begin construction on a project to replace the bridge with a new one. The project was estimated to cost $194 million.
Dallas’ Margaret Hunt Hill bridge places No. 83 on America’s Top 100 Most Iconic Bridges.The Bridge located in West Dallas connects Woodall Rodgers Freeway to Singleton Boulevard — a span ...
Gregory Road Bridge at Duck Creek: 1923 2004-01-14 Sanger: Denton: Warren pony truss Hays Street Bridge: 1908 2012-9-10 San Antonio: Bexar: Truss. Included in Historic Bridges of Texas MPS Hill Street Bridge over Buffalo Bayou: 1938 2007-10-31
The new automobile as well as continued growth in train and bayou transportation required more, and better, bridges. The first bridge built at McKee street was a steel truss swing bridge, using a motor to move the bridge out of the way of water traffic. [3] The 1932 bridge was built to replace the 1908 bridge that had been demolished in 1928.
It is popularly called the "Old Bridge" (Spanish: Puente Viejo) because its original incarnation, still standing, is the city's oldest international bridge. In 1999, Texas state Historical marker 11778 was placed at the site by the Texas Historical Commission and the Cameron County Historical Commission to recognize the bridge's historical ...
The Houston Street Viaduct (formerly the Dallas-Oak Cliff Viaduct) is a viaduct in Dallas, Texas, that carries Houston Street across the Trinity River, connecting Downtown Dallas and Oak Cliff. Designed by Ira G. Hedrick, it was built in 1911, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]