Newest boat in the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry fleet is still in trial mode

Galveston — The Houston Chronicle is reporting; It’s the Fourth of July week and Galveston Island is hoping for its usual influx of visitors, but the newest boat in the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry fleet is still in trial mode.

The ferry connects two segments of Texas 87 and is the only way to get across Galveston Bay south of Interstate 10. To read more on this story, head to The Houst Chronicle's website: http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/07/new-bolivar-ferry-boat-still-waiting-to-serve/