The Corpus Christi Ship Channel is a deep water navigable

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located in

Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi ( ; ) is a Gulf Coast of the United States, coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County, Texas, Nueces County with portions extending into Aransas County, T ...

. It is part of the

Port of Corpus Christi Through 2023, the Port of Corpus Christi had a record 203 million tons of cargo, cementing its status as the United States' largest gateway for crude oil exports and a top exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Port of Corpus Christi’s hea ...

, managed and controlled by the Corpus Christi Port Authority. The depth of the channel is . It is used mostly for

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and the export and import of goods. The channel dates back to the 1840s as a mud slough where cowboys hid and watched

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braves throw buffalo robes in the thick mud to prevent their horses from sinking. Years later, a wooden bridge was constructed over the slough, at the time called Hall's Bayou.

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