Bridge Name: | Gulfgate Bridge |
Official Name: | Martin Luther King Bridge |
Carries: | two lanes of |
Crosses: | Gulf Intracoastal Waterway |
Locale: | Port Arthur, Texas |
Maint: | Texas Department of Transportation |
Id: | TXNBI 201240236701001 |
Design: | cantilever bridge |
Open: | 1970 |
Coordinates: | 29.8534°N -93.9484°W |
The Martin Luther King Bridge, of Port Arthur, Texas, is a cantilever bridge spanning the Sabine-Neches ship canal. It was opened in 1970 as the Gulfgate Bridge,[1] and allows Texas State Highway 82, a short (13miles) highway, to cross the canal and continue on Pleasure Island to the Texas-Louisiana border, connecting Port Arthur to Louisiana Highway 82.[2]