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  2. Fred Hartman Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge, named for Fred Hartman (1908–1991), the editor and publisher of the Baytown Sun from 1950 to 1974, is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Texas, and one of only four such bridges in the state, the others being Veterans Memorial Bridge in Orange County, Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas and Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge in Erath ...

  3. Texas State Highway 225 - Wikipedia

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    15.6 mi [1] (25.1 km ... at an interchange with SH 146/future SH 99 in La Porte just south of the Fred Hartman Bridge. ... edited on 3 November 2024, ...

  4. Baytown Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    Completed in 1953, [1] it traveled northeast-southwest underneath the Houston Ship Channel and had a length of 4,110 feet (1,250 m). [2] It was closed to vehicular traffic in 1995 with the opening of the Fred Hartman Bridge, and subsequently demolished beginning in 1997 in order for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the channel in 1998 ...

  5. Texas State Highway 146 - Wikipedia

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    The route then interchanges SH 225 before crossing at the Fred Hartman Bridge over the Houston Ship Channel; from 1953 to 1995, SH 146 crossed under the Houston Ship Channel via the Baytown Tunnel. In Baytown , the highway forms one of its business routes and then interchanges SH 330 before looping east.

  6. Baytown, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Baytown connects to I-10 via State Highways 99 and 146, and the Fred Hartman Bridge connects SH 146 southwest to La Porte. The city of Baytown is located at the mouth of the San Jacinto River on Galveston Bay , 26 miles (42 km) by road east of Houston .

  7. Washburn Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    It is the only underwater vehicle tunnel currently in operation in the state, as the Baytown Tunnel was replaced in 1995 by the Fred Hartman Bridge. [4] The tunnel consists of a single bore, 895 meters (2,909 feet) in length, with a six-percent roadway grade outward from the center towards each exit.

  8. List of bridges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    15: Benjamin Franklin Bridge: 534 m (1,750 ft) ... Fred Hartman Bridge: 381 m (1,250 ft) ... Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore) collapsed in 2024: 366 m (1,200 ft)

  9. Port of Houston - Wikipedia

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    When the Baytown Tunnel was removed in 1997 to allow deepening and widening of the Houston Ship Channel (it was replaced by the Fred Hartman Bridge), it was the largest tunnel so removed (35 feet (11 m) diameter by 1,041 feet (317 m) length) without closing the channel, losing time due to accidents, or impacting the navigational safety of the port.