SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Lane closures and delays are underway in preparation for the 41st Annual Causeway Run. Departments in Port Isabel and South Padre Island will assist ...

A group of barges hit the Queen Isabella Causeway connecting Port Isabel and South Padre Island in 2001, sending cars into the Laguna Madre.

PORT ISABEL -- In this tranquil fishing town off the Laguna Madre, people are bracing for a big blow. Not from stormy weather, but from a bitter fight with their neighbors across the bay over a ...

Port Isabel is a great alternative for a rainy day as well; it is easily accessible by car – via the Queen Isabella Causeway – or by South Padre's public shuttle bus, the Island Metro.

On Sept 15, 2001, a causeway bridge leading from Port Isabel to South Padre Island collapsed and killed eight people. Twenty years later, survivors and rescuers can talk about it for the first time.

Day Trips: Port Isabel Lighthouse The lighthouse guided ships through the channel between Padre Island and the mainland By Gerald E. McLeod, Fri., June 26, 2020 ...

Sept. 15, 2001: A tugboat and barge struck the Queen Isabella Causeway in Port Isabel, Texas, causing a midsection of the bridge to tumble 80 feet into the bay below.

The Port Isabel Lighthouse still offers a commanding view of South Padre Island and Laguna Madre more than 150 years after it was built By Gerald E. McLeod, Fri., Jan. 16, 2009. Tweet.

A group of barges hit the Queen Isabella Causeway connecting Port Isabel and South Padre Island in 2001, sending cars into the Laguna Madre.