Bridge City, Texas Bridge City, Texas Location of Bridge City, Texas Location of Bridge City, Texas Bridge City is a town/city in Orange County, Texas, United States.
The town/city was originally titled Prairie View, as it was positioned on the coastal grasslands of the upper Texas coastline.
But in 1938, the Port Arthur-Orange Bridge (now known as the Rainbow Bridge) was built, and the unincorporated region took on the name "Bridge City".
Bridge City got its name from the fact that one has to cross a bridge to enter the city.
Out of the three primary roads that enter Bridge City, Chemical Road, SH 87, and F.M.
SH 87 crosses the Neches River and Cow Bayou - Cow Bayou on the Orange side and the Neches River on the Port Arthur side.
105 and the Bridge City City limits.
In 1990, Bridge City became the first town/city in Texas to install "leaning" streetlights because of the tall electrical lines near the roadway .
In 2008, the storm surge generated by Hurricane Ike caused nearly complete flooding of Bridge City.
Mayor Kirk Roccaforte estimated that only 14 homes in the town/city were unaffected by the surge.
The piles of debris and waterlogged furniture placed outside homes by inhabitants beginning to clean up led the mayor to say "The whole town/city looks like a flea market." Bridge City is positioned at 30 2 3 N 93 50 34 W (30.034211, -93.842836). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.4 square miles (14 km2), of which, 5.1 square miles (13 km2) of it is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) of it (4.63%) is water.
Bridge City, Texas was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008. Damage was widespread and harsh across Orange County.
With over 95 percent of buildings and homes in Bridge City totally gutted, the town/city was nearly completely destroyed.
The 22-foot (6.7 m) storm surge completely flooded the town/city and obliterated everything in its way.
Storm surge breached the levee at the City of Orange, and traveled up the Neches River to flood Rose City. It took three days to drain the water from the city.
The town/city government gutted the town/city hall due to the Ike damages.
The first town/city council meeting after Ike was held there sometime recent before January 19, 2009.
Of the 3,400 homes in Bridge City, 16 were still habitable immediately after Ike. In the City of Orange, right next to Bridge City, nearly the entire town/city of 19,000 citizens was flooded, anywhere from 6 inches (15 cm) to 15 feet (4.5 m). The mayor of the town/city said about 375 citizens , of those who stayed behind amid the storm, began to emerge, some needing food, water and medical care. Many dead fish littered streets and properties. Bridge City Mayor Kirk Roccaforte estimated that only 14 homes in the town/city were unaffected by the surge.
The piles of debris and waterlogged furniture placed outside homes by inhabitants beginning to clean up led the mayor to say "The whole town/city looks like a flea market." During the post-storm cleanup, Bridge City inhabitants found swimming pools had been occupied by jellyfish brought inland with the water. Three citizens were found dead in Orange County on September 29. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,651 citizens , 3,195 homeholds, and 2,476 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $42,045, and the median income for a family was $49,750.
Bridge City was the only town/city in Orange County to have a expansion in populace according to the 1990 census .
Bridge City is served by the Bridge City Independent School District.
"New Nuisance for Bridge City Families." Bridge City, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Municipalities and communities of Orange County, Texas, United States
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Cities in Texas - Cities in Orange County, Texas - Hurricane Ike - Cities in the Beaumont Port Arthur urbane area
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