Map of Bridge City, Texas

Bridge City is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. It is 100 miles east of Houston, near the Gulf of Mexico. The population was 9,546 at the 2020 Census. The town borders the Neches River and Cow Bayou. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area is mostly known for its association with the petroleum products (oil) industry.

Bridge City overview:
Name:	Bridge City
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Orange County
Elevation:	10 ft (3 m)
Total Area:	7.14 sq mi (18.50 km²)
Land Area:	6.44 sq mi (16.67 km²)
Water Area:	0.71 sq mi (1.83 km²)
Total Population:	9,546
Population Density:	1,221.38/sq mi (471.55/km²)
ZIP code:	77611
Area code:	409
FIPS code:	4810252
GNISfeature ID:	1331256
Website:	www.bridgecitytex.com

Online Interactive Map

Bridge City online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

The city was originally named Prairie View, as it was located 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 area took on the name “Bridge City”. Despite several previous attempts, the city did not incorporate until 1970.

Bridge City got its name from the fact that one has to cross a bridge to enter the city. All three major roads that enter Bridge City—Chemical Road, SH 87, and F.M. 1442—cross a body of water. SH 87 crosses the Neches River and Cow Bayou—Cow Bayou on the Orange side and the Neches River on the Port Arthur side. Chemical Road crosses a branch off of the Sabine River and Cow Bayou. F.M. 1442 crosses a small creek off Cow Bayou between F.M. 105 and the Bridge City City limits. F.M. 1442 also crosses Cow Bayou just north of Orangefield and south of Interstate 10.

In 1990, Bridge City became the first 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 city were unaffected by the surge. The piles of debris and waterlogged furniture placed outside homes by residents beginning to clean up led the mayor to say “The whole city looks like a flea market.”

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Geography

Bridge City is located at 30°2′3″N 93°50′34″W / 30.03417°N 93.84278°W / 30.03417; -93.84278 (30.034211, –93.842836). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14 km), of which, 5.1 square miles (13 km) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km) of it (4.63%) is water.