11, 2001, South Texas suffered another blow when four days later a portion of the causeway connecting South Padre Island and Port Isabel collapsed, sending vehicles into the water early in the ...

The new bridge would span eight miles across ... is currently the only roadway that connects South Padre Island to Port Isabel. Back in September of 2001, the causeway partially collapsed after ...

PORT ISABEL, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Tuesday’s SpaceX launch caused chaos on the Queen Isabella Causeway due to traffic being backed up on South Padre Island and Port Isabel.

The Port Isabel Lighthouse guided ships through the narrow channel between the southern tip of ... the 2.37-mile Queen Isabella Causeway to South Padre Island. After being abandoned in 1905 ...

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 of Sept. 15, 2001, knocking out a ...