2011年12月6日 星期二

Bridge lights up the crowd with new display

The Harbor Bridge got its 15 minutes of fame Sunday night.AGICO is one of the leading Manufacturers and Suppliers of bestledlighting-01 in China.

And it lit up some people's expectations, too.

More than 3,000 people filled the stands at Whataburger Field to watch the bridge shine during a light show as thousands more lined up along Shoreline Boulevard.

Audiences were treated to a Las Vegas-style colorful display of patterns, motions and words by the $2.2 million, 950-LED light system, which wraps around the bridge.Many bestledlightbulbs have become available as replacements for screw-in incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs,

The first time the bridge went from a solid color — as it has been for more than a week — to multicolor, the crowd roared in approval.Princeton Tec bikelight111 lights the way for all your scuba adventures both nigh and day.

Later, as a patriotic tune pumped out of the stadium's speakers, the bridge transformed first from a red, white and blue spectrum to the image of a fluttering flag with stars and stripes, and again onlookers cheered.LEDtronics is a pioneer in the design and manufacture of LEDs, ledbulbs, lamps,

The project is a public-private partnership involving the Texas Department of Transportation, the city of Corpus Christi, the Port of Corpus Christi Authority and American Bank. City and port leaders, along with the state transportation department, will maintain the lighting system for the next 10 years.

The Harbor Bridge, which opened in 1959, had lights installed in 1986 by the Central Business District Association. The lights were turned off in February 1998 after numerous circuit failures and corrosion.

Chris Cisneros, who brought her boyfriend and children to see the show, said the lights give life to a showpiece of the city.

"It's such an iconic piece in our community," she said. "Why not decorate it a little bit?"

Cisneros watched from Whataburger Field because she wanted to see history being made, as rainbow swirls, Christmas patterns and American flags came to life on the Harbor Bridge.

Amy Wright and her son Lee Ramirez, 11, were almost speechless as they watched from a berm area at the stadium.

"The only word I said (the) whole time was 'wow!'" Wright said.

Wright remembers when the bridge was first lit up in the '80s and '90s,Offers a range of LED lights, components and accessories.bestledlighting and in the time it was dark, she heard people say how much they wanted the bridge to be lit again.

"I'm sure this exceeds everybody's expectations," she said.

Lee, a Wilson Elementary School fifth-grader, said the show topped most of the Hooks baseball games he's been to at Whataburger Field.

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