Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.306667,-94.825556
Carries Seawolf Parkway/51st Street over Pelican Island Channel
Design: truss/deck/pratt
Design Details: Scherzer rolling bascule lift
Total Length: 3239.0 Feet
Span Length: 164.1 Feet
Overview: Bascule bridge over Pelican Island Channel on Seawolf Parkway in Galveston
History: Built 1960
Built: 1960
Location: Galveston County
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250139
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
250140
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
250141
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
261087
Pelican Island Bridge
Closed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
261088
Pelican Island Bridge
Raised
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
Status: Open to railroad traffic only
Location: 29.297361,-94.886237
Carries BNSF Railway (and former highway) over Galveston Bay
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Modern welded through truss lift main channel span with concrete closed-spandrel arch approach spans.
Total Length: 7930.0 Feet
Span Length: 383.0 Feet
Overview: Modern lift bridge with concrete arch approach spans over Galveston Bay on BNSF Railway (and former highway)
History: Built 1912, Original Bascule replaced in 1987; 1987 bascule span replaced in 2012 by a lift span
Built: 1912
Location: Galveston County
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193872
North Approach
Photo taken by Nathan Morton in February 2011
233013
New Lift Span
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
233037
OId Bascule Span
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
260992
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
260993
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
282587
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282588
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282589
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282590
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282591
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282592
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
373504
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373503
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373502
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373501
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373500
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373499
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373498
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373497
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373496
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
373492
Published prior to 1923
318191
Postcard showing the original movable span.
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
318275
June 2, 1912
Image taken on June 2, 1912, showing the original bascule span,a steam train, and a Galveston-Houston Electric train.
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1920. Scan provided by the Library of Congress
324783
New Galveston Causeway Bridge
Raised of traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2015
324782
New Galveston Causeway Bridge
Closed of traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013
325781
From The Electric Railway Journal, Volume 37 January-June 1911
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1920
348398
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by the SMU Central University Libraries
348399
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by the SMU Central University Libraries
348403
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by the SMU Central University Libraries
449722
Circa 1913
Old Postcard View
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.294143,-94.884692
Carries I-45 over Galveston Bay
Design: girder/deck/concrete
Design Details: Concrete deck girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete deck girder bridge over Galveston Bay on I-45
History: Built as replacements for the 1939 auto causeway with the northbound bridge being completed in 2005 and the southbound bridge (delayed by Hurricane Ike) in 2008
Built: 2005
Location: Galveston County
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193873
North Approach near Tiki Island
Photo taken by Nathan Morton in February 2011
Status: removed some time after April 2009
Location: 29.460974,-94.974049
Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Dickinson Bayou
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Dickinson Bayou on Union Pacific Railroad
History: Built 1907; Removed 2009
Built: 1907
Location: Galveston County
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282190
photo
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282199
photo
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282506
UP - Dickinson Bayou Swing Bridge
San Lean TX
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
282507
UP - Dickinson Bayou Swing Bridge
Texas City near San Leon TX
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 29.548907,-95.023717
Carries Southern Pacific Railroad over Clear Creek
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Clear Creek on Southern Pacific Railroad
History: Built 1907; Removed 1996
Built: 1907
Location: Galveston County
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282202
Clear Creek Bridges at Kemah
From a 1984 Kodachrome slide. The lost railroad swing bridge is in the foreground. Next is construction on the fixed bridge that later replaced the Hwy 146 bascule bridge in the background.
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282501
SP - Clear Creek Bridge
Texas
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2014
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.549469,-95.023091
Carries TX 146 over Clear Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bascule bridge over Clear Creek on TX 146
History: Built 1964; Replaced 1986
Built: 1964
Location: Galveston County
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282206
Lost Kemah Drawbridge and its Replacement
From an August 1984 Kodachrome 35 mm slide This is Clear Creek, looking toward Clear Lake. Kemah is on the left and Seabrook on the right.
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282207
Clear Creek Bridges
From a 1984 Kodachrome slide. In the foreground is a lost railroad swing bridge. Next is the Kemah drawbridges replacement. The Kemah Drawbridge, in down position is next.
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282208
Kemah Drawbridge
Texas
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
282281
From an August 1984 Kodachrome slide
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
349450
Kemah Drawbridge
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
405611
Bridgemapper.com photo
Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 2008
Status: Open
Location: 29.345119,-94.776462
Carries Texas State Highway 87 over Bolivar Roads Channel
Design: ferry
Design Details: Ferry crossing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Ferry across Bolivar Roads Channel on Texas State Highway 87
History:
Built:
Location: Galveston County
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282542
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: No longer exists
Location: 29.518963,-95.098093
Carries Houston and Galveston Road over Clear Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel Stringer (Based on 1944 aerial imagery)
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Clear Creek on Old Routing of Houston and Galveston Road
History:
Built:
Location: Galveston County
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284481
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
284482
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Replaced
Location: 29.549262,-95.023167
Carries TX 146 over Clear Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss bascule
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Warren pony truss bascule bridge over Clear Creek on TX 146
History: Built 1929; Replaced 1964
Built: 1929
Location: Galveston County
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318255
Clear Creek Bridge
Once Present
349449
Clear Creek Bridge
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2016
Status: No longer exists
Location: 29.594364,-94.388543
Carries Texas Highway 124 over Intracoastal Waterway/Mud Bayou
Design: truss/through/warren/verticals
Design Details: Warren Through Truss Swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Warren through truss swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway/Mud Bayou on Texas Highway 124
History: Built 1934; replaced by current structure 1978
Built: 1934
Location: Galveston County
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468664
High Island Swing Bridge
Photo from Beaumont Enterprise
468695
High Island Swing Bridge
The Galveston Daily News: November 1 1978
470512
High Island Swing Bridge
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in January 2019
Status: Destroyed by severe weather
Location: 29.294783,-94.890976
Carries Road over Galveston Bay
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 11299.2 Feet
Span Length: 80.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss swing bridge over Galveston Bay on Road
History: Built 1893; Destroyed by the 1900 Hurricane
Built: 1893
Location: Galveston County
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319690
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
319691
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
320361
Galveston Bay Wagon Bridge
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2015
364510
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
364511
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 29.594739,-94.388539
Carries Santa Fe Railroad (former Gulf & Interstate Railway) over Intracoastal Waterway/Mud Bayou
Design: truss/through/warren/verticals
Design Details: Warren through truss with all verticals
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Intracoastal Waterway/Mud Bayou on Santa Fe Railroad (former Gulf & Interstate Railway)
History: Built 1934, lost 1969
Built: 1934
Location: Galveston County
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314948
Copy Of 1934 Aerial Photo, View To The North, By The U.S. Army Air Corps, Showing Bridge Tender's Station And Mud Bayou Railway Bridge Under Construction
Photo taken for the Historic American Buildings Survey
314949
Copy-Photo Of 1934 Aerial Photo, View To The East, By The U.S. Army Air Corps, Showing Bridge Tender's Station And Mud Bayou Railway Bridge Under Construction
Photo taken for the Historic American Buildings Survey
435062
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2018
Status: Removed
Location: 29.453406,-95.049816
Carries Galveston-Houston Electric Railway over Dickinson Bayou
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Timber stringer bridge over Dickinson Bayou on Galveston-Houston Electric Railway
History: Built 1910;
Built: 1910
Location: Galveston County
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319687
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1920
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.518233,-95.099514
Carries Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson over Clear Creek Relief Channel
Design: girder/deck/concrete
Design Details: Concrete deck girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete deck girder bridge over Clear Creek Relief Channel on Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson
History:
Built:
Location: Galveston County
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317507
Looking East
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.493342,-95.076248
Carries Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson over Drainage Ditch
Design: culvert/concrete
Design Details: Concrete culvert
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete culvert bridge over Drainage Ditch on Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson
History:
Built:
Location: Galveston County
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317508
Looking Southwest
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.469978,-95.054476
Carries Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson over Drainage Ditch
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Drainage Ditch on Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson
History:
Built:
Location: Galveston County
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317509
Looking Northeast
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.456860,-95.042232
Carries Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson over Dickinson Bayou
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Dickinson Bayou on Union Pacific Railroad/Galveston Houston & Henderson
History:
Built:
Location: Galveston County
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317510
Looking North
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
317511
Looking East
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.547476,-95.022174
Carries over Clear Creek
Design: ferry
Design Details: Ferry crossing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Ferry across Clear Creek
History: Built ca. 1900; Replaced by a drawbridge in 1929
Built: 1900
Location: Galveston County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.295157,-94.886610
Carries Interstate 45 over Galveston Bay
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer with bascule drawbridge removed
Total Length: 8195.3 Feet
Span Length: 214.9 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Galveston Bay on Interstate 45
History: Built 1938; Modified with high Span 1964; Replaced 2006
Built: 1938
Location: Galveston County
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318276
433518
The Texas Collection, Baylor University
433760
Bascule bridge removed and replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.413333,-95.001667
Carries Texas Highway 3 over Moses Bayou
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Tee Beam
Total Length: 23.0 Feet
Span Length: 23.0 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Galveston Bay on Highway
History: Built 1919; Replaced 1992
Built: 1919
Location: Galveston County
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320083
Galveston Bay Bridge (SB)
An Old bascule Bridge before it was replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
320087
The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.296206,-94.887606
Carries IH45 SB over Galveston Bay
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 8403.3 Feet
Span Length: 149.9 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Galveston Bay on IH45 SB
History: Built 1959; Replaced 2007
Built: 1959
Location: Galveston County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.081944,-95.122282
Carries Galveston County RD 257 over San Luis Pass
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer
Total Length: 7016.4 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over San Luis Pass on Galveston County RD 257
History: Built 1966
Built: 1966
Location: Galveston County
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471998
San Luis Pass Toll Bridge
Distant elevation
Photo taken by Vikki Lowrey at Pintrest
471999
San Luis Pass Toll Bridge
View under and beside bridge facing east
Photo taken by Roy Luck at Flickr
472000
San Luis Pass Toll Bridge
View under and beside bridge facing west
Photo taken by Roy Luck at Flickr
472001
San Luis Pass Toll Bridge
Crossing the bridge
Screenshot from YouTube
472002
San Luis Pass Toll Bridge
Elevation
Photo taken by Larry D. Moore at Wikimedia Commons
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.594659,-94.388755
Carries Texas State Route 124 over Intracoastal Waterway
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 4299.1 Feet
Span Length: 290.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on Texas State Route 124
History: Built 1978
Built: 1978
Location: Galveston County
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472166
High Island Bridge
Elevation
Photo taken by Harish Mukundan at Google Maps
472167
High Island Bridge
View beside the bridge from underneath at water level
Photo taken by Robert Barrios at Google Maps
472168
HIgh Island Bridge
Aerial view showing freighter preparing to pass under bridge
Photo taken by Steven en Hanneke at Google Maps
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
