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Bridge in Texas, United States
George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway
The old 1912 Galveston Causeway, now in use as a railroad bridge.
Connects Galveston, Texas and Texas City, Texas, United States
Official name
George & Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway
Maintained by
Texas Department of Transportation
History
Engineering design by
Concrete Steel Engineering Company
Constructed by
Penn Bridge Company
Construction start
1912 (1912)
Opened
1912 (1912) (original causeway)
Galveston Causeway
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Texas State Antiquities Landmark
Area
39 acres (16 ha)
NRHP reference No.
76002028[1]
TSAL No.
8200001369
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
December 12, 1976
Designated TSAL
January 1, 1981
Location
The George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway is a set of causeways in Galveston, Texas, United States. Two of the routes carry the southbound and northbound traffic of Interstate 45, while the original causeway is restricted to rail traffic. It is the main roadway access point to Galveston Island. The second access point is Bolivar Ferry.
The causeway carries traffic over Galveston Bay and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The original causeway was built in 1912 and carried both rail and auto traffic. The auto traffic was transferred to new causeways built to the west in 1939, leaving the original bridge for rail traffic. The original route was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
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Global Information
I-45 (new causeway)