Fred Hartman Bridge
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| Official name | Fred Hartman Bridge |
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| Carries | 8 general purpose lanes |
| Crosses | Houston Ship Channel |
| Locale | south of Baytown, Texas and north of La Porte, Texas |
| Maintained by | Texas Department of Transportation |
| Design | fan arranged cable-stayed bridge |
| Longest span | 381 meters (1,250 feet) |
| Total length | approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) |
| Width | 24 meters (78 feet) |
| Vertical clearance | 80.6 meters (262 feet) |
| Clearance below | 54.8 meters (178 feet) |
| Opening date | 1995 |
| Toll | none |
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The Fred Hartman Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in the U.S. state of Texas. It spans the Houston Ship Channel and carries State Highway 146 between the cities of Baytown, Texas and La Porte, Texas.
The bridge, named for a former director of the Texas Department of Transportation who was also a resident of Baytown, is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Texas, and one of only two such bridges in the state. Construction cost of the bridge was $117,500,000.
The bridge replaced the Baytown Tunnel, which had to be removed when the Channel was deepened to 45 feet to accommodate larger ships.
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