Anyone ever travel abandoned section of Hwy 87?

Don't do it without a 4x4 and possibly some blinders.

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This. Their is a nude beach right there at the beginning. Bunch of old perverts.

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We aren't all old.

I did. I don't remember what year. It might have been 1999 when I went from B. R. to Austin, and took a side trip to Galveston. There was no nude beach yet (at least I didn't see anything).

The closed section of the road started out ok but steadily got worse. After a while, there really WAS no road. I was basically travelling cross-country. The water was to my left and a barbed-wire fence was to my right. I just hoped the tide didn't start coming in and become a serious threat (although it may have been high tide already - I didn't know). Eventually, I started driving on a rough semblance of a road, and it got steadily better as I approached High Island.

It was a dumb thing to do, especially since I was in a car and not a 4 wheel drive. I would imagine the "road" is even worse now.

About a mile past the nude beach, there is a sunken shrimp boat not far from the beach that had some phenomenal fishing. It has been over 10 years since I have been that way so I don't know if it is still visible from the beach. Just make sure you get back to the highway before dark. If you find yourself on the wrong side of the nude beach as the sun goes down, some sights can't be unseen.

I drove it last year in my Jeep.

I started on the Texas side and passed several folks hanging out nude once I was about a mile in. I just focused on driving and gave them a wave as I passed.

There isn't a road at all anymore and it got very precarious at points. I was solo and wouldn't do it again without other vehicles. Getting stuck out there would not have been good.

There is a road in the wildlife management area that I had to use at one point due to a lot of debris on the beach. I heard the US Fish and Wildlife cops will write you a ticket if they catch you on that road though I didn't see any.

So, how do all the nekkid people get to their beach?

For those not local, what's the story behind this highway being abandoned?

It washed out repeatedly. I believe with Bonnie and Alicia. They gave up.

Sea Rim Park was out there but little else. It was just THE WAY to get to Crystal Beach (Bolivar) without going to Winnie.

Look at the pic posted. It's beyond patching a road. It would have to be moved inland a few 100 yards. As it sat it's now part of the beach.

What kind of vehicle are you taking?

If you get to any large sections of sargassum I'd get out and make sure there aren't any big rocks or debris under it. One year that stuff was about ten feet thick from the water to the sand.