Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge
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{{Infobox Bridge
| bridge_name = Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge
| image = Harbor Bridge -- Corpus.jpg
| caption = The Harbor Bridge crossing over Corpus Christi (pictured in 2018)
| official_name = Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge
| carries = 6 lanes of {{jct|state=TX|US|181|SH|35}}
| crosses = Port of Corpus Christi
| locale = Corpus Christi, Texas
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| design = Through arch bridge
| mainspan = {{cvt|620|ft|m}}
| length = {{cvt|5,818|ft|m}}
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| height = {{cvt|243|ft|m}}
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| below = {{cvt|138|ft|m}}
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| open = November 1, 1959 {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070225080501/https://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=harborbridge-corpuschristi-tx-usa Harbor Bridge, Corpus Christi / Emporis.com]}}
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| toll = None
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| coordinates = {{coord|27.812857|-97.39527|region:US|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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The Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge is a through arch bridge in Corpus Christi, Texas, that carried six lanes of U.S. Route 181 (US 181) and Texas State Highway 35 (SH 35) from downtown Corpus Christi to Rincon Point, known to locals as North Beach. The bridge crossed the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and handled nearly 26,000 vehicles daily.
A new bridge called the New Harbor Bridge was completed and opened to traffic on June 28, 2025. It allows larger ships to pass beneath, permit safer pedestrian transit, and reconfigure the highway interchange system in the surrounding community.{{cite news |title=Developer Selected to Build U.S.'s Longest Cable Stayed Bridge in Corpus Christi, Texas |date= May 3, 2015 |first= Steven |last= Hardt |publisher=Nossaman LLP |place=Los Angeles |url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/developer-selected-to-build-uss-longe-82441/}}
New Harbor Bridge Project
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File:New Harbor Bridge under construction.jpg In 2008, local, state, and federal authorities began the replacement process. The new Harbor Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge with a 1661-foot span, rising to a height of 538 feet at the peak of each support pylon. The bridge will allow passage of ships up to 205 feet above-waterline height. The concrete construction technique used for bridge segments have a 170-year estimated life. Construction was originally slated to finish in 2020. On October 15, 2019, it was announced that the Harbor Bridge would not be completed until 2023.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
On November 15, 2019, design activities on the new Harbor Bridge were suspended by the Texas Department of Transportation. In a statement, the Texas Department of Transportation says it asked Flatiron Dragados, the firm building the bridge, to suspend the design activities until a replacement for FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc. was found, after the pedestrian bridge at Florida International University; which was designed by that company, collapsed on March 15, 2018, while it was under construction at the time of collapse.
In July 2020, Arup and Carlos Fernandez Casado S.L. was hired to review, recertify, and complete the main span of the bridge.{{cite web| url = https://www.constructiondive.com/news/new-engineer-announced-for-800m-harbor-bridge-replacement-in-texas/582424/| title = New engineer announced for $800M Harbor Bridge replacement in Texas {{!}} Construction Dive}} In August 2022, TxDOT halted construction after deficiencies were found within the superstructure of the new bridge.{{Cite web |title=TxDOT Outlines 'Highly Problematic' Design Issues With Halted Corpus Christi Bridge {{!}} Engineering News-Record |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/54570-txdot-outlines-highly-problematic-design-issues-with-halted-corpus-christi-bridge |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.enr.com |language=en}} Construction resumed in December 2022 once these problems were resolved.{{cite web |title=Work resumes on new Harbor Bridge structure |url=https://www.txdot.gov/about/newsroom/local/corpus-christi/work-resumes-on-new-harbor-bridge-structure.html |website=www.txdot.gov |access-date=13 April 2023 |language=en}}
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Category:Road bridges in Texas
Category:Bridges completed in 1959
Category:Transportation in Corpus Christi, Texas
Category:Buildings and structures in Corpus Christi, Texas
Category:Through arch bridges in the United States
Category:Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System