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Crystal Beach is an unincorporated community in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Also known as Patton, Crystal Beach stretches 7 miles (10 km) along Texas State Highway 87 in the middle of Bolivar Peninsula. [1] Crystal Beach is located along 27 miles of beach on the Bolivar Peninsula.
State Highway 87 (SH 87) runs for 249.4 miles (401.4 km) between Galveston, Texas (at a terminus shared with Interstate 45 and Spur 342) to U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 84 in Timpson, Texas. Highway 87 has a notable stretch between Sea Rim State Park and High Island, Texas that has been washed out repeatedly over the decades and has been ...
Ferry service is provided by the Texas Department of Transportation between Port Bolivar and Galveston. The Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry [11] can accommodate vehicles as heavy as 80,000 pounds, and as long as 65 feet, as high as 13.5 feet and as wide as 8.5 feet. [12] The ferry was closed because of Hurricane Ike [1] but re-opened on November ...
Bolivar Peninsula (/ ˈ b ɒ l ɪ v ər / BOL-i-vər) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,769 at the 2020 census. The communities of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island are located on Bolivar Peninsula.
The state highway department assumed control of the ferry service between Port Bolivar and Galveston in 1930 and resumed operations in 1934 [14] after making extensive renovations [15] extending SH 124 to US 75 and SH 6 in Galveston. [13] On March 17, 1936, the portion of SH 124 from Galveston to High Island was renamed as an extension of SH 87.
Galveston Island (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach , is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County .
Galveston Bay (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a bay in the western Gulf of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas. It is the seventh-largest estuary in the United States, [ 2 ] and the largest of seven major estuaries along the Texas Gulf Coast .
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway enters Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, Texas. Many of the busiest ports in the United States in terms of tons of cargo [6] are located on or near the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Notable ports on or near the waterway include: [needs update] Florida. Apalachicola, Florida; Carrabelle, Florida; Panama City, Florida ...