QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY

Cameron County, Texas Gulf Coast

Connecting Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas

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The First Queen Isabella Causeway opened in 1954
Postcard courtesy Cruse Aviation

The First Queen Isabella Causeway -

"To get to this point today you would turn right at the entrance to the new causeway, the Queen Isabella Inn would be directly on your left. Now a fishing pier." - Steve Cruse

Today the Queen Isabella State Fishing Pier.

The new Queen Isabella Causeway replaced the original Causeway in 1974

The 1974 Queen Isabella Causeway
Photo courtesy TXDoT

New Queen Isabella Causeway , Texas 1974

The new two-mile-long Queen Isabella Causeway (Park Road 100), 1974
Postcard courtesy Cruse Aviation

"Note lighthouse on left before entrance, old causeway upper right-hand." - Steve Cruse

The Queen Isabella Causeway on the horizon
Photo courtesy Reba Warbington 2001

Cameron County 1920s map showing Port Isabel, Light House & Brownsville
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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