Texas Dept. of Transportation officials have directed contractors building the new Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi to temporarily halt work on the cable-stayed portion over unspecified safety concerns.
TxDOT engineers raised concerns over the planned installation of some bridge structure elements and warned that “safety issues could arise” if construction continued, officials said in a press release announcing the suspension of some work July 15. However, TxDOT declined to answer questions about the specific design elements in question. A spokesperson from the Flatiron/Dragados joint venture leading the project also did not respond to ENR's inquiries.