For other uses, see Bolívar (disambiguation).

Bolivar Roads is a natural navigable strait fringed by Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island emerging as a landform on the Texas Gulf Coast.[4] The natural waterway inlet has a depth of 45 feet (14 m) with an island to peninsula shoreline width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km).

The ship canal approach is defined by two jetties extending into the Gulf of Mexico with distances of 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from the Bolivar Peninsula and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) from Galveston Island. The jetty harbor entrance originated in the 1890s as a preventative structure to inhibit the coastal sediment transport progressions by means of deviations with the continental margin and the Gulf Stream ocean current.

The Bolivar Roads channel tailors a nautical navigation gateway for Galveston Bay, Houston Ship Channel, Port of Galveston, and West Bay.

Gallery

Depictions of Bolivar Roads at Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island
  • Bolivar Roads by Aerial Photography
    Southern aerial view of Bolivar Roads
  • Bolivar Roads by Satellite Imagery
    Bolivar Roads partition of Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island
  • Cargo ships awaiting entrance into Galveston Bay
    Maritime vessels at Galveston Island seacoast
  • Bolivar Roads and single file approach of maritime vessels
    Maritime navigation to Bolivar Roads
  • Bolivar Roads and Galveston Bay receiving nautical vessels
    Ships approaching Bolivar Roads and Galveston Bay
  • Bolivar Roads as seen from earth's upper atmosphere
    Geographic view of Bolivar Roads
  • Aerial view of Space Shuttle Explorer exiting Gulf of Mexico
    Space Shuttle Explorer navigating into Galveston Bay[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dimensions of the HSC, Tributary Channels, and Turning Basins" [Houston Ship Channel Feasibility: Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas] (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. October 28, 2019. p. 10.
  2. ^ Bolivar Roads Channel in Geonames.org (cc-by)
  3. ^ Houston/Galveston Navigation Channel in Geonames.org (cc-by)
  4. ^ Bolivar Roads in Geonames.org (cc-by)
  5. ^ Shuttle Replica On The Way To Space Center Houston on YouTube
  6. ^ Space Shuttle Enterprise in Galveston Bay on YouTube

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