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Elderberry:
Houston Chronicle by  Sergio Chapa May 29, 2019

The Port of Corpus Christi has started work on a $380 million project to deepen and widen its ship channel to allow for two-way supertanker traffic. The project should be completed in 2022.

Port officials and community leaders held a Wednesday morning ceremony where dignitaries pulled on levers to signal the beginning of the ambitious dredging project.

Crews with Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. will begin deepening the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to 54 feet from 47 and widen it to 530 feet from 400.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Port-of-Corpus-Christi-begins-380-million-13904262.php

IsailedawayfromFR:
I hope that bridge is tall enough

thackney:

--- Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on May 30, 2019, 01:35:13 pm ---I hope that bridge is tall enough

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A new bridge is under construction.

https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2019/04/09/groomers-makes-way-new-harbor-bridge-project-wont-wrap-2020/3224190002/

https://www.caller.com/story/news/2019/04/12/harbor-bridge-project-involves-building-upward-not-building-over/3401256002/

IsailedawayfromFR:

--- Quote from: thackney on May 30, 2019, 01:43:12 pm ---A new bridge is under construction.

https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2019/04/09/groomers-makes-way-new-harbor-bridge-project-wont-wrap-2020/3224190002/

https://www.caller.com/story/news/2019/04/12/harbor-bridge-project-involves-building-upward-not-building-over/3401256002/

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Good to hear.

I rode over that bridge many times on the way to work way back when.  It is good size, but did not think it was big enough for the monster tankers.

thackney:

--- Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on May 30, 2019, 03:29:25 pm ---Good to hear.

I rode over that bridge many times on the way to work way back when.  It is good size, but did not think it was big enough for the monster tankers.

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The current Harbor Bridge

Built  1956-1959

Clearance  138 feet above the water

The replacement Harbor Bridge

Main span length   1,661 feet

Clearance  205 feet above the water

https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/harbor-bridge/2018/07/19/harbor-bridge-project-whats-gone-whats-next-corpus-christi-texas/753247002/

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