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Sam Houston Tollway Ship Channel Bridge (formerly known as the Jesse H. Jones Memorial Bridge) is a span in Harris County, Texas. It was acquired from the then– Texas Turnpike Authority (TTA) (now North Texas Tollway Authority) on May 5, 1994, and is now a part of the Harris County Toll Road Authority system. The bridge opened to traffic in ...
The Francis Scott Key Bridge (informally, Key Bridge or Beltway Bridge) is a partially collapsed bridge in the Baltimore metropolitan area, Maryland. Opened in 1977, it collapsed on March 26, 2024, after a container ship struck one of its piers. [ 5 ][ 6 ] Officials have announced plans to replace the bridge by fall 2028.
Beltway 8 is the intermediate beltway in the Houston area. The inner beltway, I-610, lies mostly within Houston (except for an approximate two-mile (3.2 km) stretch that runs through the City of Bellaire), and the outer beltway, SH 99 (Grand Parkway), is currently partially complete. Like other toll roads in the Houston area, the speed limit is ...
Photographs from the Associated Press show the extent of the destruction to the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., after a cargo ship crashed into it early Tuesday morning, causing it to ...
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 ...
Gulf of Mexico. The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. [ 1 ] The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico, and it serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic.
The Francis Scott Key Bridgereplacement is a project to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in greater Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The Key bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, after a container ship struck one of its piers. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The southernmost crossing of the lower Patapsco River, the bridge was part of the Interstate Highway ...
Another toll plaza was located north of Beltway 8 in the HCTRA segment. Currently, the FBCTRA is constructing an expansion to Sienna Ranch Road a little west of Sienna Parkway. The speed limit is 65 mph in the southern portion but drops to 60 mph inside Beltway 8. The cost for the toll road is estimated between $55 million and $60 million.