Oil spills into the surrounding waters after a barge hit a bridge near Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The bridge leads to Pelican Island, just north of Galveston.

Workers surveyed the site where a barge crashed into the Pelican Island Bridge, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Galveston, Texas. David J. Phillip/Associated Press ...

A tugboat works to maneuver a barge away from the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, after the barge crashed into the bridge shutting down the only road access ...

Pelican Island, about 52 miles southeast of Houston, is home to Texas A&M University of Galveston, a naval museum, and Seawolf Park — a former immigration station site that is now a popular ...

After the barge collision, Texas A&M University at Galveston, which has a campus on Pelican Island, had closed its facility. Fewer than 200 people related to the school were on the island at the time.

A barge caused an oil spill after slamming into a bridge in Galveston, Texas on Wednesday, according to local officials. The Pelican Island Bridge has been closed to all traffic since about 10 a.m ...

Investigation underway after fuel barge hits Galveston bridge 01:07. The 321-foot barge that collided with a bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, halting traffic on the causeway and in the ...

A barge hit Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The wreck caused oil to spill into the bay and closed the roadway on the bride.

A barge carrying petroleum products crashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. A barge carrying petroleum products crashed into a bridge in Galveston ...

A barge smashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday morning, causing a section of the bridge to fall onto the barge, Fox 7 Austin reports.

The bridge that leads to Pelican Island, north of Galveston, was struck by the barge around 9:50 a.m. when a tugboat backing out of Texas International Terminals, a fuel storage operator located ...