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Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge Location 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 Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge is a through arch bridge in Corpus Christi, Texas, that carries six lanes of U.S. Route 181 (US 181) and Texas State Highway 35 (SH 35) from downtown Corpus Christi to Rincon Point, known to locals as North Beach. The bridge crosses the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and handles nearly 26,000 vehicles daily. A new ...
The base officially shut down on April 30, 2010. The Navy returned ownership of the main base property to the Port of Corpus Christi. [6] The Port of Corpus Christi sold the pier to Flint Hills Resources for $8.5 million and the remainder of the station to a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum in two packages for $82.1 million and $7 million. [7]
Michelle Mickens helps son Coy reel in a fish from a viewing deck on North Beach, Tuesday, June 25, in Corpus Christi, Texas. ... the stretch toward the ship channel, then around to the Corpus ...
The North Beach History Plaza will open summer 2022 and visitors will learn more about the long history of Corpus Christi's first beach destination.
Dan Kilgore, Nueces County, Texas, 1750–1800: A Bicentennial Memoir (Corpus Christi: Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum, 1975) Bill Walraven, Corpus Christi: The History of a Texas Seaport (Woodland Hills, California, 1982) Eugenia Reynolds Briscoe, City by the Sea: A History of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1519–1875 (New York: Vantage, 1985)
The caravel Santa Cruz was then built following the model of La Niña to replace the sunken ships. The Santa Cruz, also known as La India, was the first ship built in America by the Spanish. [9] On June 11, 1496, the vessel returned to Spain with Columbus on board, as flagship. [10] [11] Niña was then chartered for an unauthorized voyage to Rome.
The replica was declared by Jose Maria Martinez-Hidalgo, a Spanish marine historian, to be the most authentic replica of the Santa María in the world during the ship's coronation on 12 October 1991. [25] Dana Rinehart, the 50th mayor of Columbus, christened the ship as part of the 500th anniversary of its voyage. The ship was removed from its ...