(a) The structure connecting State Highway 100 and Park Road 100 between the eastern municipal boundary of Port Isabel and the western boundary of Padre Island is designated as the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge as a memorial to:
(1) the deceased: Julio Mireles, Robert Harris, Gaspar Saenz Hinojosa, Robin Leavell, Hector Martinez, Jr., Stvan Francisco Rivas, Barry Welch, and Chealsa Welch;
(2) the survivors: Bridgette Goza, Rene Mata, and Gustavo Morales, Jr.; and
(3) the heroes of that tragic event.
(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the designation as the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge and any other appropriate information.
(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the structure and at any appropriate intermediate sites along the structure.
(d) In this section, a reference to a Port Isabel municipal boundary means that boundary as it exists on January 1, 2003.