Passengers on the Texas Department of Transportation ferry M/S John W. Johnson experience the journey across Bolivar Roads, traveling between Port Bolivar and Galveston Island.
The abandoned Battery 236—built to protect the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel during World War II—at Fort Travis Seashore Park, Port Bolivar, Texas.
Ships transit Bolivar Roads, the channel separating Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas.
Waves lap against a piece of driftwood washed ashore a beach on the north end of Galveston Island, Texas, as ships transit Bolivar Roads in the background.
The ferries Ray Stoker Jr. and Robert C. Lanier pass each other as they transit Bolivar Roads between Galveston and Point Bolivar, Texas.
One of the heavily-fortified entrances to Battery 236, located at Fort Travis, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. This World War II-era fort was tasked with protecting the Houston Ship Channel from possible enemy incursions.
Detail of one of the massive doors at Battery 236, located at Fort Travis, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. This World War II-era fort was tasked with protecting the Houston Ship Channel from possible enemy incursions.