{"id":329969,"date":"2026-06-10T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/329969\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:33:10","slug":"corpus-christi-harbor-bridge-ranked-texas-scariest-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/329969\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge ranked Texas’ ‘scariest’ bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever tried to ride your bike on a busy Texas highway, then you’ve probably encountered more than a few scary moments. Cars rushing past too close to the bike lane. Being startled by the honk of a car horn. Distracted drivers. Riding over a bridge can present a whole other set of concerns. But now,\u00a0one of the newest bridges in Texas<\/a> has been named one of the “scariest bridges” in the state, according to a new poll of over 3,000 cyclists.<\/p>\n

The new Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge hasn\u2019t even been open for a year yet, but it’s already scaring cyclists who traverse it, despite the inclusion of a more cyclist and pedestrian-friendly path. A new survey of 3,057 cyclists from across the country \u2014 conducted by\u00a0Bisnar Chase<\/a>, a personal injury law firm headquartered in Newport Beach, California \u2014 has ranked the new bridge, which opened to traffic on June 28, 2025, as the scariest in Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sheer scale still makes it a pulse-raiser,\u201d\u00a0Bisnar Chase officials said on Friday, June 5. \u201cFor cyclists, that means a long, high, exposed ride beside a major piece of port infrastructure \u2014 impressive, but not exactly casual.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the highest point of its towers soaring 538 feet in the air, the new Harbor Bridge<\/a> is the tallest structure in South Texas, according to the bridge\u2019s builders. Cars, pedestrians and cyclists alike cross its span from a height of 205 feet above the waters of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The new Harbor Bridge is also the \u201clongest concrete segmented cable-stayed bridge in North America,\u201d according to a fact sheet on the bridge\u2019s official website<\/a>. At 1,661 feet over the ship channel alone, the main span of the bridge is longer than five football fields. But from end to end \u2014 from downtown to North Beach \u2014 the bridge spans a total of 3,295 feet.<\/p>\n

While it may seem scary to cross, the 10-foot-wide shared-use path includes safety features, such as a concrete wall and railing that separates pedestrians and cyclists from the bridge\u2019s six vehicular lanes, as well as an inward-curving fence along the outer edge facing the ship channel. The path also offers something worth stopping for: a scenic lookout called a \u201cbelvedere\u201d located at the center of the bridge. The bow-shaped observation deck features decorative metal railings reminiscent of ocean waves, a bench for travelers in need of a respite, and two sets of binoculars for the best sightseeing.<\/p>\n

The new Corpus Christi<\/a> Harbor Bridge wasn\u2019t the only bridge in Texas deemed \u201cscary\u201d by cyclists. The Margaret McDermott Bridge, which spans the Trinity River in Dallas, also made the list thanks to its height and strong winds. Other bridges across the country that made the list include the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; the\u00a0Queensboro Bridge and George Washington Bridge, both in Manhattan; and the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, which rises 565 feet above the Rio Grande near Taos, New Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you’ve ever tried to ride your bike on a busy Texas highway, then you’ve probably encountered more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156,2319,2320,820],"class_list":["post-329969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-mysacoast","tag-mysasotx","tag-mysastaff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}