Galveston Causeway
The causeway carries traffic over Galveston Bay and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.The construction of a new southbound bridge began in 2006, however Hurricane Ike delayed completion until November 2008.This is in contrast to a typical hurricane, which would cause the closure of the causeway due to wind before surge.As of the early afternoon on September 13, 12 hours after official landfall, the causeway was blocked by numerous watercraft.In 2001, the U.S. Coast Guard had declared the old span's narrow passageway to be a hazard to navigation.
CoordinatesBNSF RailwayUnion Pacific RailroadGulf Intracoastal WaterwayGalveston BayGalveston, TexasTexas City, TexasTexas Department of TransportationU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesTexas State Antiquities LandmarkcausewaysUnited StatesInterstate 45Galveston IslandNational Register of Historic PlacesConstructionHurricane Ikestorm surgehurricanelandfallUS 101basculedrawbridgevertical-liftSonoma–Marin Area Rail TransitNorthwestern Pacific RailroadPetaluma, CaliforniaPetaluma RiverGeorge MitchellList of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in TexasNational Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston County, TexasNational Park ServiceGalveston County Daily NewsU.S. Representative Gene GreenAndersonAndrewsAngelinaAransasArcherArmstrongAtascosaAustinBanderaBastropBlancoBosqueBrazoriaBrazosBrewsterBriscoeBrooksBurlesonBurnetCaldwellCalhounCallahanCameronCarsonChambersCherokeeChildressColemanCollinCollingsworthColoradoComancheConchoCoryellCottleCrockettCulbersonDallamDallasDawsonDeaf SmithDentonDeWittDickensDimmitDonleyEastlandEdwardsEl PasoFanninFayetteFisherFort BendFranklinFreestoneGalvestonGillespieGlasscockGoliadGonzalesGraysonGrimesGuadalupeHamiltonHansfordHardemanHardinHarrisHarrisonHartleyHemphillHendersonHidalgoHopkinsHoustonHowardHudspethHutchinsonJacksonJasperJeff DavisJeffersonJim WellsJohnsonKarnesKaufmanKendallKenedyKimbleKinneyKlebergLa Salle