Queen Isabella Causeway This 2.5 mile long bridge connects South Padre Island
to the mainland at Port Isabel, which is where these
photos were taken.
In the early morning hours of September 15, 2001 a string
of barges trying to pass below, on the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway, struck a support and a section of the roadway
fell into the water.
So did some cars.
Eight people died and the island was isolated.
This disaster would be very well-known were it not for
the date when it happened.
Please read more here: Causeway Collapse
Port Isabel Lighthouse
2 comments:
I am really enjoying these photos! I grew up in Harlingen so we went to South Padre a lot when I was a young 'un. :-)
We moved away from Padre just the year before...it was as heartbreaking to us as 9/11 when we heard. How many thousands of times did we cross that causeway? Can you even imagine how lonely and utterly terrifying those last moments were?
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