The damaged bridge connects Pelican Island, where the Texas A&M Galveston campus is located, to Galveston Island. A barge struck a bridge connecting Pelican Island and Galveston Island on ...
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.