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The channel has five vehicle crossings: Washburn Tunnel, Sidney Sherman Bridge, Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge, popularly known as the Beltway 8 Bridge. Two Dollar bridge is another local nickname; Fred Hartman Bridge connecting La Porte and Baytown, Texas; and Lynchburg Ferry.
East of Houston, the tollway crosses the Houston Ship Channel on the Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge, a toll bridge; this forms a gap in Beltway 8 between I-10 (Baytown-East Freeway) and State Highway 225 (SH 225, La Porte Freeway). Beltway 8 is the intermediate beltway in the Houston area.
The Sam Houston Tollway is the name given to the tolled sections of Beltway 8, the second highway loop around Houston. The first opened section was the Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge in the east quadrant of the road system.
The other four are the Sidney Sherman Bridge, popularly known as the (Interstate) 610 or Ship Channel bridge; the Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge, formerly the Jesse Jones Toll Bridge and popularly known as the Beltway 8 Bridge; the Fred Hartman Bridge connecting La Porte, Texas and Baytown, Texas; and the Lynchburg Ferry. The tunnel is also ...
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Beltway 8 / Sam Houston Tollway: 91 146 I-45: I-69 / US 59: $12.00 ($10.80 with EZ TAG discount) All-electronic toll; northeast section from I-69 / US 59 to US 90, Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge and some ramps require EZ TAG, TxTag,or TollTag Loop 49 Toll: 26.3 42.3 I-20: SH 110: $3.96 (EZ TAG, TxTag, and TollTag) $5.26 (Pay by Mail) All ...
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SH 8A was an alternate routing designated on June 17, 1918 just east of SH 8 from Shelbyville to Orange. [7] On August 21, 1923, it had been renumbered as SH 87, with the section from Shelbyville to Milam cancelled. [8] SH 8A was reassigned as a spur from SH 8 to Gary. This highway was erroneously omitted from the March 19, 1930 log, so was ...