The twin parallel cable-stays are arranged in a fan along middle of the mixed-use deck 134 feet (41 m) wide that carry six lanes of US 181 and a bicycle and pedestrian path with a mid-span belvedere facing the Corpus Christi Bay.

[7] If completed before the Gordie Howe International Bridge, also under construction, it will also briefly have the longest cable-stayed span in the North America.

[10][11] Corpus Christi's nearby John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway, which has a similar construction method, is the first precast concrete post-tensioned segmental box girder bridge in the United States.

This prompted a design review by TxDOT who in 2019 ultimately asked the bridge developer Flatiron/Dragados to remove FIGG and select a different engineering firm.

[10][19] TxDOT and Arup-CFC resolved one of the five design issues, deciding to add additional steel reinforcement to the delta box girders, and work resumed on those sections as of November 3, 2022.