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The bridge is also expected to carry State Highway 99 (SH 99) (Grand Parkway) when it is completed around Houston. [4] 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 ...
Houston Harris: Continuous ... Galveston Causeway: 1912, 1922 1976-12-12 ... Included in Historic Bridges of Texas MPS Hill Street Bridge over Buffalo Bayou: 1938 ...
The George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway is a set of causeways in Galveston, Texas, United States. Two of the routes carry the southbound and northbound traffic of Interstate 45, while the original causeway is restricted to rail traffic. It is the main roadway access point to Galveston Island. The second access point is Bolivar Ferry.
The Texas Department of Transportation is currently examining structural impact to the bridge. “Galveston County and our partners will continue assessing the situation,” the office of ...
A barge slammed into a bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into the bay and forcing a shutdown of the Texas span, officials said, in the latest accident involving prominent U.S ...
TX-37: Galveston Causeway: Extant Reinforced concrete closed-spandrel arch: 1922 1996 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway: Galveston Bay: Galveston and Texas City: Galveston: TX-38: Iron Ore Creek Bridge Relocated Warren truss: 1911 1996 CR 597 Iron Ore Creek Denison
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
The Bolivar Bridge was a proposed bridge connecting Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula in the United States state of Texas. Its intention was to replace the Bolivar Ferry, the only direct connection for traffic from Galveston Island. In 2007, it was decided that the study would not move forward leaving everything as is.