New Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge

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Plutonic Panda

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April 21, 2025, 05:18:23 AM  

jgb191

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April 22, 2025, 11:09:08 PM   Last Edit: April 22, 2025, 11:14:50 PM by jgb191
Quote from: Plutonic Panda on April 21, 2025, 05:18:23 AMLooks like the ribbon cutting is on May 10th: https://www.equipmentworld.com/roadbuilding/article/15742858/txdot-to-open-new-corpus-christi-bridge


According to our local news broadcasts, the exclusive traffic on ribbon-cutting day will be the Flatiron executives and local/state politicians including Governor Abbott, who plans to come over to visit our city.  While the bridge itself will be fully completed by May 10, still more of the final phases of the overall project including completing the connection of the new bridge to US-181/TX-35 (northern end) and I-37/TX-286 (southern end) along with other finishing touches like new lighting, signs and barriers.  The hope is that the bridge will be fully opened to all traffic before Memorial weekend 2025.  The old Harbor bridge (we were informed) will also remain open for at least another month or two after the new bridge opens, then decommissioned and taken down sometime before Labor Day 2025, and fully cleared by early next year.  That's the tentative plan for now, of course the schedule could still be subject to pushbacks if needed.
We're so far south that we're not even considered "The South"

sprjus4

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April 23, 2025, 02:24:29 AM  
Quote from: jgb191 on April 22, 2025, 11:09:08 PM
Quote from: Plutonic Panda on April 21, 2025, 05:18:23 AMLooks like the ribbon cutting is on May 10th: https://www.equipmentworld.com/roadbuilding/article/15742858/txdot-to-open-new-corpus-christi-bridge


According to our local news broadcasts, the exclusive traffic on ribbon-cutting day will be the Flatiron executives and local/state politicians including Governor Abbott, who plans to come over to visit our city.  While the bridge itself will be fully completed by May 10, still more of the final phases of the overall project including completing the connection of the new bridge to US-181/TX-35 (northern end) and I-37/TX-286 (southern end) along with other finishing touches like new lighting, signs and barriers.  The hope is that the bridge will be fully opened to all traffic before Memorial weekend 2025.  The old Harbor bridge (we were informed) will also remain open for at least another month or two after the new bridge opens, then decommissioned and taken down sometime before Labor Day 2025, and fully cleared by early next year.  That's the tentative plan for now, of course the schedule could still be subject to pushbacks if needed.
I had heard about the existing bridge remaining open for a couple months after the new one opens... how exactly is that going to work? On the south side, it ties into downtown Corpus Christi and the new connections won't impact it, but on the northern side the freeway is being realigned to default straight onto the new bridge, instead of curving to go to the old one. There won't even be ramps there, that highway is being eventually removed.

How will this new / old bridge transition work if both are open?

jgb191

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April 23, 2025, 03:02:20 PM  
Quote from: sprjus4 on April 23, 2025, 02:24:29 AMHow will this new / old bridge transition work if both are open?

I didn't hear the reasons yet, but my best guess is that they want to open the new bridge as soon as possible, while they work on the north end connections and exits in and out of North Beach.  Drivers bound between North Beach to and from downtown will have to continue using the old bridge, while driver between downtown and Portland can use the new bridge.  Drivers coming southbound from Portland can still exit Beach Ave from the Nueces Bay Bridge and vice versa drivers going northbound to Portland can still enter US-181/TX-35 from Beach Ave.  I don't see any reasons those exits should be affected by the continued work.
We're so far south that we're not even considered "The South"

jgb191

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May 01, 2025, 02:06:18 AM   Last Edit: May 01, 2025, 02:09:23 AM by jgb191
https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2025/04/27/corpus-christi-new-harbor-bridge-replacement-project/83217769007/

So our local "newspaper" The Caller has provided some clarity over the status and fate of the current (old) bridge.

If it's not letting you read it, I'll give you a couple of things from there.

QuoteIn July, all traffic on the old bridge will close, and the decommissioning project to demolish it will begin, said Lynn Allison, public information officer with Flatiron/Dragados LLC, the firm constructing the bridge.

QuoteOnce the new Harbor Bridge opens to traffic, TxDOT will close the old bridge's southbound lanes leading from North Beach to Corpus Christi.
Northbound lanes on the old bridge will stay open until about July to allow people to travel to North Beach while workers finish construction on the U.S. Highway 181 northbound alignment, Allison said.

So my guess is confirmed that the old bridge is still needed to get to North Beach from the main city (via downtown) for a couple more months after the new bridge is opened to traffic.
We're so far south that we're not even considered "The South"

Plutonic Panda

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May 02, 2025, 06:29:01 PM  

Thegeet

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June 18, 2025, 11:47:25 PM  

jgb191

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June 19, 2025, 12:24:01 AM  
We're so far south that we're not even considered "The South"
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