Bolivar Roads (Texas)

For other uses, see Bolívar (disambiguation)

Bolivar Roads
Illustration of Bolivar Roads to Galveston Bay
Bolivar Roads (Texas) is located in Texas
Bolivar Roads (Texas)
Galveston Bay Entrance Channel
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates29°21′02″N 94°45′10″W / 29.35051°N 94.75269°W / 29.35051; -94.75269 (Bolivar Roads, Texas)
Specifications
Length11.2 km (7.0 miles)
(originally 42.2 km or 26.2 mi)
(Morgan's Point[1])
Navigation authority
Jetty Harbor System
  • Bolivar Peninsula-North Jetty (Map).
  • Galveston Island-South Jetty (Map).
History
Former names
  • Bolivar Roads Channel[2]
  • Galveston Bay Entrance Channel (Map).
  • Houston/Galveston Navigation Channel[3]
Modern nameDoorway to Galveston Bay
Current ownerState of Texas
Topo MapBolivar Roads (Map).
Geography
DirectionNorth
Start pointTexas Gulf Coast
End pointTexas City Dike
Beginning coordinates29°20′05″N 94°41′18″W / 29.334835°N 94.688394°W / 29.334835; -94.688394
Ending coordinates29°21′46″N 94°47′59″W / 29.362688°N 94.799633°W / 29.362688; -94.799633
Branch(es)
Branch of
  • Galveston Channel (Map).
  • Inner Bar Channel (Map).
  • Outer Bar Channel (Map).
  • Texas City Channel (Map).
Connects to
GNIS feature ID
  • 1352629
  • 1384774

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.

See also

Aframax
Bolivar Bridge
Cargo Ship Capacity
List of Panamax ports
Panamax

United States Maritime Environmental Law

☆ Refuse Act of 1899 ☆ MARPOL 73/78
☆ Oil Pollution Act of 1924 ☆ Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships of 1980
☆ Oil Pollution Act of 1961 ☆ Oil Pollution Act of 1990
☆ Oil Pollution Act of 1973 ☆ Regulation of ship pollution in United States
Galveston Island
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Pictorial Biography

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]

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

External links

  • Anonymous. "Bolivar Roads". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  • Anonymous. "Ocean Shipping". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  • "Bolivar Roads Anchorage". AIS Ports. MarineTraffic.
  • "§ 110.197 - Galveston Harbor, Bolivar Roads Channel, Texas" [Title 33, Chapter I, Subchapter I, Part 110]. Code of Federal Regulations.
  • "NOAA Nautical Chart 11323" [Approaches to Galveston Bay]. NOAA Office of Coast Survey. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  • "NOAA Nautical Chart 11324" [Galveston Bay Entrance]. NOAA Office of Coast Survey. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  • "NOAA Nautical Chart 11326" [Galveston Bay, Texas]. NOAA Office of Coast Survey. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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