A barge slammed into Pelican Island Causeway Wednesday, damaging the bridge and causing vacuum gas oil to leak into the bay. The bridge has reopened only for evacuations.

Pelican Island bridge is unstable after barge slammed into pillar, causing oil spill, officials say By Daniela Hurtado and Courtney Carpenter, via Thursday, May 16, 2024 ...

The collision's impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill.

Source of oil leak into Galveston Bay following barge collision has been contained, say officials The spill's extent is still being determined, according to the Coast Guard.

Crews continue to work on the bridge, including attempts to clean an oil spill caused by the crash. Pelican Island is home to the university, maritime business offices and tourist attractions.

Oil-soaked pelicans struggling to fly came to symbolize the catastrophic impacts of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the inhabitants of the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen years later, brown ...

Pelican Island is cut off from Galveston for a second day as crews repair the damage to Pelican Island Bridge and clean up an oil spill in the bay near busy shipping channels.

A barge struck the bridge that links Galveston, Texas to Pelican Island on Wednesday causing an oil spill into the surrounding waters.

Oil spills into the surrounding waters after a barge hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. A bridge that leads to Pelican Island, located just north of Galveston, was hit ...

The damaged bridge connects Pelican Island, where the Texas A&M Galveston campus is located, to Galveston Island.

A barge hit Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, causing an oil spill and closing off road access to the island, authorities reported.

Officials say a barge has hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road connecting the city to Pelican Island.