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Tourist Spot Attractions In South Padre Island

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South Padre Island is a resort town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,816 at the 2010 census. The town is located on South Padre Island, a barrier island along the Texas Gulf Coast accessible via the Queen Isabella Causeway from the town of Port Isabel. South Padre Island is named after José Nicolás Ballí , a Catholic priest and settler.
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  • 2. Queen Isabella State Fishing Pier South Padre Island
    The two-mile-long Queen Isabella Causeway, located in southern Cameron County, Texas, is the only road connecting South Padre Island, Texas to the mainland. The Causeway was opened in 1974 and replaced the previous bridge, which had also been named Queen Isabella Causeway. A central section of the original causeway has been removed and it has been renamed the Queen Isabella State Fishing Pier. The Causeway is the second-longest bridge in Texas, stretching 2.37 miles across the Laguna Madre. It is named after Queen Isabella of Castile.
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  • 3. University of Texas - Pan American Coastal Studies Lab South Padre Island
    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a public research university in the University of Texas System. UTRGV has multiple campuses in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas; founded in 2013, it entered into full operation in 2015 after the consolidation of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, the University of Texas–Pan American and the UT Regional Academic Health Center – Harlingen. The university has a new medical school.UTRGV is one of the largest universities in the U.S. to have a majority Hispanic student population; 80% of its students are Hispanic, virtually all of them Mexican-Americans.
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  • 4. Port Isabel Lighthouse Port Isabel
    Port Isabel is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. The population was 5,006 at the 2010 census.The city's name is given to the Port Isabel Detention Center, 12 miles to the northwest next to the Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport.
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