BRIDGE CLOSURE | A barge struck the Pelican Island Causeway, shutting it down in both directions this morning. The bridge connects the north side of Galveston Island just west of the Port of Galveston with the south side of Pelican Island.
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) May 15, 2024
Full story: https://t.co/Y0rXOcGs1n pic.twitter.com/3FD6o3DGuh
一艘堆滿混凝土的駁船於美國當地時間週三上午10時，行經德州加爾維斯頓大橋時，不慎撞斷幾根橋墩，迫使大橋封閉，駁船的油料汙染附近水域，空拍影像顯示，橋邊的一段鐵路線似乎已經倒塌，所幸未造成人員傷亡，事故原因尚待調查。
綜合外媒報導，肇事的駁船上有2名操作員，失控撞橋時，1人落水隨即被救起，在船上的另1人，也被救上岸。海岸防衛隊指出，這艘駁船“載有基礎石油產品”，碰撞導致漏油，相關單位將確定洩漏的程度，並管製船隻通過和清理作業。
肇事的駁船為馬丁石油公司擁有，容量為 3萬加侖。當地官員表示，由於油料洩漏，大約 6.5 英裏的水道被關閉。
加爾維斯頓大橋是加爾維斯頓市聯繫鵜鶘島的唯一橋梁，島上有大型造船廠、德州農工大學加爾維斯頓分校，以及海狼公園（前移民站），釣魚碼頭和海軍博物館也吸引許多遊客到訪。
People are once again panicking about a barge hitting a bridge in Galveston, Texas.
— Art Candee (@ArtCandee) May 15, 2024
1) The Pelican Island Causeway isn’t a significant piece of infrastructure, per se. It connects Galveston to Pelican Island which houses two museums and the maritime academy for Texas A&M, but… pic.twitter.com/AFuVrpQK17
Texas — here we go again…
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) May 15, 2024
Pelican Island Bridge Struck by a Large Barge Caused Part of the Bridge to Collapse — Causing an Oil Spill
• A large barge crashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Texas Today, causing a section of the bridge, including railroad tracks, to smash… pic.twitter.com/Nw5qZpu1pg