Innovative cable-stayed bridge opens in Texas

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1996 Jun

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Primedia Business Magazines & Media Inc.

Abstract

Reports on the opening of the cable-stayed Fred Hartman Bridge across the Houston Ship Channel in Texas in September 1995. Reflection of the art of contemporary structural engineering; Surface area; Replacement of the obsolete Baytown Tunnel; Capacity of 200,000 vehicles per day; Conduit for the economic development of communities east of Houston; Goal of the bridge's design

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BRIDGES, TEXAS

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