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QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY

Connecting Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas

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First Queen Isabella Causeway opened in 1954

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.

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The new Queen Isabella Causeway replaced the original Causeway in 1974
Queen Isabella Causeway
The 1974 Queen Isabella Causeway

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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
Queen Isabella Causeway
The Queen Isabella Causeway on the horizon

Photo courtesy Reba Warbington 2001
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