A barge hit the Pelican ... the waterway along the Texas coast. It also has implications for those on Pelican Island. It's located north of Galveston, with that bridge as the only way on and ...

Sept. 15, 2001: A tugboat and barge struck the Queen Isabella Causeway in Port Isabel, Texas, causing a midsection of the bridge to tumble 80 feet into the bay below. Eight people died after ...