Editing Corpus Christi, Texas (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
Corpus Christi is served by [[Corpus Christi International Airport]] and [[Interstate 37 (Texas)|Interstate 37]]. [[Interstate 69E (Texas)|Interstate 69E]]/[[U.S. Route 77 in Texas|U.S. Highway 77]] connects the city to [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]] and [[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]]. [[Texas State Highway 44]] is a main thoroughfare that connects Corpus Christi to [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]] and the western part of South Texas by way of [[Interstate 69W]]/[[U.S. Highway 59]], [[Interstate 35 in Texas|Interstate 35]], and [[U.S. Route 83 in Texas|U.S. Highway 83]]. The inner-city public transportation is provided by [[Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority]] with its 28 bus routes. Corpus Christi had a [[streetcar]] system functioning from 1910 to 1931 and a railway station (passenger service ended in 1965). <!-- In the early 2000s, plans were made to reintroduce a trolley system back to downtown Corpus Christi, but any plans have since gone dead. --> Despite the convenience of a large harbor, the city does not have a passenger port. <!-- Plans to bring a cruise service are pending.
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The city of Corpus Christi has a lower than average percentage of households without a car. In 2015, 8.5% of Corpus Christi households lacked a car, which decreased  to 7.9% in 2016. The national average was 8.7% in 2016. Corpus Christi averaged 1.77 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map|journal=Governing|date=9 December 2014|url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511162014/http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The city is accessed by two major bridges, the [[Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge|Harbor Bridge]] (US 181) and the [[John F Kennedy Memorial Causeway|John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway]] (PR 22). Both bridges are maintained by the [[Texas Department of Transportation]].

===Major highways===
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* [[File:I-37 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 37 (Texas)|Interstate 37]]
* [[File:I-69E (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 69E (Texas)|Interstate 69E]]; under construction and extension following US 77
* [[File:US 77.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 77]]
* [[File:US 181.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 181]]
* [[File:Texas 44.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 44]]
* [[File:Texas 286.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 286]] (Crosstown Expressway)
* [[File:Texas 358.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 358]] (North Padre Island Drive and South Padre Island Drive)
* [[File:Texas 35.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 35]]
* [[File:Texas 361.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 361]]
* [[File:Texas 357.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 357]]
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===Water===
Drinking water for the city is supplied by three reservoirs, [[Lake Corpus Christi]], the [[Choke Canyon Reservoir]], and [[Lake Texana]]. Through an effective regional partnership with the [[Nueces River]] Authority and the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, a {{convert|101|mi|km|adj=on|abbr=on}} pipeline was built which transports water from Lake Texana to the city's O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant. It was named the Mary Rhodes Pipeline, after the late mayor. Phase two of the pipeline is underway to draw water from the Colorado River.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Rhodes Pipeline Phase 2 Project Fact Sheet|url=http://www.engineercc.com/library/pdf/MaryRhodes_Pipeline_Ph2_FactSheet.pdf|access-date=15 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929192932/http://www.engineercc.com/library/pdf/MaryRhodes_Pipeline_Ph2_FactSheet.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> All reservoirs are outside the city limits, but Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir are managed directly by the public utility of the City of Corpus Christi. To support future water needs, plans are being completed to build a desalinization plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasdesal.com/news-updates/item/411-corpus-christi-moving-nearer-construction-of-desalination-plant.html|title=CORPUS CHRISTI MOVING NEARER CONSTRUCTION OF DESALINATION PLANT|access-date=16 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930063231/http://www.texasdesal.com/news-updates/item/411-corpus-christi-moving-nearer-construction-of-desalination-plant.html|archive-date=30 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Baddour |first=Dylan |date=2022-10-29 |title=Black residents in Corpus Christi file a civil rights complaint to stop Texas' first desalination plant |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/29/texas-corpus-christi-hillcrest-desalination-plant/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |work=The Texas Tribune |language=en |agency=Inside Climate News}}</ref>{{r|AT 2022-11-04}}