Officials say a bridge near Galveston, Texas, that was damaged last week when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat has been reopened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic after safety inspections deemed it safe
A bridge near Galveston, Texas, that was damaged last week when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat has reopened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic after safety inspections deemed it safe, officials said. The barge crashed into a pillar supporting the Pelican Island Causeway span on May 15. The impact caused the bridge to partially collapse and cut off the only road connecting Galveston to Pelican Island. After a review of the bridge by the Galveston County Navigation District No.
But crews were still removing oil and washing shoreside rocks along Swan Lake, a coastal recess located several miles west of Pelican Island along the Texas Coast. During the clean-up efforts, crews recovered three dead, oiled birds from around Swan Lake: two brown pelicans and a laughing gull. Nine other birds that were alive but covered in oil were spotted around Swan Lake, but officials said they were not able to recover them.
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