08/13/2026
Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse 25th Anniversary Ceremony
September 15, 2026, marks the 25th Anniversary of the collapse of the Queen Isabella Causeway. The City of Port Isabel will host a ceremony at the Port Isabel Event Center at 11 a.m., 9/15.
You are invited to join our south Texas communities as we memorialize the staggering loss of life. And we remember the first responders, community leadership and neighbors who came together to begin a long recovery.
Ceremony followed by speakers and panelists. Refreshments. Open to the Public.
DATE: September 15, 2026
TIME: 11 a.m.
LOCATION: Port Isabel Event & Cultural Center, 317 E. Railroad Ave., Port Isabel.
INFORMATION: (956) 943-2682
On September 15, 2001, in the early morning hours and just four days after 9/11, steel laden barges collided with the Queen Isabella Causeway causing a collapse of two sections of the bridge. Eight perished.
In remembrance of: Robert “Bob” Harris (Port Isabel), Hector Martinez, Jr. (Port Isabel), “Harpoon” Barry Welch (Port Isabel), Chelsea Welch (Port Isabel), Julio Mireles (Los Fresnos, Tx.), Robin Leavell (Mercedes, Tx.), Gasper S. Hinojosa (Kingsville, Tx.), Stvan Francisco Rivas (Humble, Tx.)
