| Bridge Replacement Plans | Harbor Bridge Project | "The Harbor Bridge project is back! After a several-year project hiatus, the project is now underway again. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Corpus Christi District has reactivated the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) that it began in 2005." |
| Bridge Facts |
| Nickname | Napoleon's Hat |  First Automobile to Cross the Bridge |
| Constructed | June 1956 - November 1959 |
| Opened | 1st November 1959 |
| Location | Corpus Christi, TX |
| First Crossing | 3/13/59 by a steel worker |
| First to drive across | Mrs Eleanor Tarrant in her beige ’59 Buick |
| In the News |
| Caller Times - Joe Hilliard | April 2010 - walking over the Harbor Bridge |
| Caller Times - Steven Alford | March 2010 Bridge walk article |
| Channel 6 video (sorry this has now expired) | Channel 6 - New Year's Day 2010 |
| Grams Made It Blog Entry | This is a link to her January blog entry where she decides to do the walk. There is a link at the bottom of the blog to the March entry about the actual walk. |
| Statistics | Parking |
Work began in June 1956 and was completed 3 years and 4 months later in time for opening on 1st November 1959.
Four construction workers fell to their deaths during the course of the project.
There were five construction contracts issued for a total cost of $9,053,523.
The channel span is 620 feet and the vertical clearance for shipping is 138 feet.
| There is ample parking for bridge walkers both on and off street.
The Heritage Park parking lots on Mesquite & Fitzgerald & Mesquite & Hughes are available for Bridgewalkers use.
Map of the Area |
| The Walk |
The bridge is approximately 1 mile long in each direction and takes about an hour to walk both ways.
Views from the top are spectacular.
And if you’re lucky you can time your walk to coincide with the arrival or departure of an oil tanker or cargo ship.
Remember to take a camera.
Depending on the weather it might be prudent to carry water as the wind can be quite dehydrating. |
| Bridge Links |
| Texas Highways | Three pages of the August 1959 edition of Texas Highways Magazine featuring the Harbor Bridge Project. |
| TxDot | TxDot Presentation - 2009 |
| Emporis.com | Fact page for the CC Harbor Bridge |
| Texas Escapes | Photographs |
