Project's First Phase Finished Six Working Days Ahead of Schedule

Corpus Christi, TX – On Monday, December 12, the City initiated an emergency closure of the Yorktown Mud Bridge on the 8600 block of Yorktown Boulevard to perform repairs to a sinkhole that resulted from damage to the bridge's riprap embankment. In addition, the project included restoring twenty-two of the fifty-five pilings that support the bridge.

On January 4, City Manager Peter Zanoni announced that the City had developed a three-phase plan for reopening the Yorktown Mud Bridge.

The plan's first phase included restoring the east and west sides of the bridge embankment. This was completed on Tuesday, January 17, with the shotcreting of the retaining wall – six workdays ahead of schedule.

Phase two began on January 16 and addresses the twenty-two pilings. The second phase is expected to last 70 working days, weather and tides permitting.

Finally, phase three includes the planned construction of a replacement bridge. Planning will begin in 2025 – one year earlier than initially planned by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

TxDOT will fund the bridge reconstruction as part of the Highway Bridge Replacement Program.

For more information, media representatives may contact Senior Public Information Officer Richard Vargas at 361-826-3420 or by email at [email protected].