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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 Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge features twin cable-stayed decks, each spanning 1,320 ft (402 m) over the Houston Ship Channel. The decks are supported by architecturally striking yet structurally complex pylons, which are joined just below the deck level and share foundations.
12 paź 2022 · Harris County's most costly redo ever, $1.3B Ship Channel Bridge rebuild, finally starts to rise. Crews have spent 11 months replacing the foundations of the new Ship Channel Bridge along the...
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14 lut 2024 · Ship channel bridge closing Crews working on the new Ship Channel Bridge will close the existing span for three consecutive weekends so they can use the lanes to pour concrete. All closings...
1 gru 2021 · The new design for the 4.1-mile bridge, which will carry a widened Sam Houston Tollway across the channel, replaces the original pre-cast concrete substructure with a steel substructure.
The new Ship Channel Bridge cable-stayed main span structure features a free span of 1,320’ over the Houston Ship Channel and is the centerpiece of the overall program to widen the Sam Houston Tollway (East). The new bridge provides eight lanes for vehicular traffic and more than 187’ of vertical clearance for navigation, allowing future ...
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