U.S. 181 South

U.S. 181 & SH 35 travel southwest along a peninsula separating Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays to Indian Point Park.

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The Indian Point Park exits links the freeway with an access road that loops under U.S. 181 to reach the park on the east side.

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Advance signage for Beach Avenue and Burleson Street to Corpus Christi Beach and Port Avenue from the Nueces Bay Causeway.

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Beach Avenue and Burleson Street connect U.S. 181 with Surfside Boulevard and Corpus Christi Beach.

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The off-ramp for Beach Avenue departs from the south end of Nueces Causeway for the adjacent frontage road south to Beach Avenue.

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A second slip ramp joins Causeway Boulevard from U.S. 181 south for Burleson Street and the south area of Corpus Christi Beach.

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U.S. 181 & SH 35 shift southeast to pass above Surfside Boulevard on the approach to the Harbor Bridge.

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Built in 1959, the steel arch bridge carrying U.S. 181 across Corpus Christi Shipping Channel will be replaced by a cable stayed bridge just to the west by 2021.

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The Corpus Christi skyline comes into view as U.S. 181 descends from the Harbor Bridge.

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A half diamond interchange joins U.S. 181 with Power Street and the adjacent port area. The freeway concludes ahead at ramps to Shoreline Drive and the bayfront and IH 37 north to the Crosstown Expressway (SH 286).

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Traffic separates into a sharp ramp for Broadway Street south to Downtown and Twigg Street east to the Corpus Christi Bayfront.

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Two lanes partition for IH 37 south as a slip ramp branches to the west for adjacent Padre Street at Tancahua Street north. An at-grade boulevard will replace the southernmost portion of the U.S. 181 freeway, with IH 37 also converted into a surface boulevard as part of the Harbor Bridge Replacement Project.

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Taking the transition ramp of the mainline lanes of US 181 as they turn west to become part of IH 37 northbound.

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