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
一艘堆满混凝土的驳船于美国当地时间週三上午10时，行经德州加尔维斯顿大桥时，不慎撞断几根桥墩，迫使大桥封闭，驳船的油料污染附近水域，空拍影像显示，桥边的一段铁路线似乎已经倒塌，所幸未造成人员伤亡，事故原因尚待调查。
综合外媒报导，肇事的驳船上有2名操作员，失控撞桥时，1人落水随即被救起，在船上的另1人，也被救上岸。海岸防卫队指出，这艘驳船“载有基础石油产品”，碰撞导致漏油，相关单位将确定洩漏的程度，并管制船隻通过和清理作业。
肇事的驳船为马丁石油公司拥有，容量为 3万加仑。当地官员表示，由于油料洩漏，大约 6.5 英里的水道被关闭。
加尔维斯顿大桥是加尔维斯顿市联繫鹈鹕岛的唯一桥梁，岛上有大型造船厂、德州农工大学加尔维斯顿分校，以及海狼公园（前移民站），钓鱼码头和海军博物馆也吸引许多游客到访。
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