The bridge crosses the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and handles nearly 26,000 vehicles daily.

When complete, it will allow larger ships to pass beneath, permit safer pedestrian transit, and reconfigure the highway interchange system in the surrounding community.

[citation needed] On November 15, 2019, design activities on the new Harbor Bridge were suspended by the Texas Department of Transportation.

In a statement, the Texas Department of Transportation says it asked Flatiron Dragados, the firm building the bridge, to suspend the design activities until a replacement for FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc. was found, after the pedestrian bridge at Florida International University; which was designed by that company, collapsed on March 15, 2018, while it was under construction at the time of collapse.

[3] In August 2022, TxDOT halted construction after deficiencies were found within the superstructure of the new bridge.