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Baytown Tunnel

Harris County, Texas

Photos 

Opening Day 1953

© Texas Department of Transportation

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BH Photo #317839

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Tunnel under Houston Ship Channel on TX 146
Location
Baytown, Harris County, Texas
Status
Replaced a new bridge
History
Built 1953, Closed 1995, Demolished 1997-1999 due to the deepening of the Houston Ship Canal
Builders
- Associated Contractors Inc. of Monroe, Louisiana (Excavation)
- Brown & Root Inc. of Houston, Texas (Contractor; Phase I)
- Farnsworth & Chambers Co. of Houston, Texas (Contractor; Phase II)
- US Steel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Tube Construction; Orange, Texas Subsidiary)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 9,999,999.9 ft. (1,893.9 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.70506, -95.01716   (decimal degrees)
29°42'18" N, 95°01'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/304856/3287807 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
La Porte
Inventory number
BH 56474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Associated Contractors Inc. (1)
Baytown, Texas (7)
Brown & Root Inc. (10)
Built 1953 (295)
Built during 1950s (3,519)
Farnsworth & Chambers Co. (1)
Harris County, Texas (126)
Houston, Texas (87)
Immersed Tube Tunnel (23)
 Lost (20,714)
Lost 1999 (416)
Lost during 1990s (3,788)
Over a mile long (258)
Replaced by new bridge (13,578)
Texas (2,346)
Total length over 2500 feet (794)
Tunnel (1,065)
US Steel (8)

Update Log 

  • September 19, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • June 6, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • June 4, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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Baytown Tunnel
Posted February 6, 2019, by Wallace Johnson (wdj34 [at] msn [dot] com)

Man I wish They widened the Baytown Tunnel from 2 to 4 lanes instead of Replacing it to a 8 lane Cable stayed bridge