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			The Fred 
			Hartman Bridge or Baytown 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 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 two such bridges in 
			the state, the other being the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Orange 
			County, Texas. The construction cost of the bridge was $117.5 
			million. 
			 
			The bridge replaced the Baytown Tunnel (of depth clearance 40 feet 
			(12.2 m)), which had to be removed when the Houston Ship Channel was 
			deepened to 45 feet (13.7 m), with a minimum 530 feet (161.5 m) 
			bottom width, to accommodate larger ships. The last section of the 
			Baytown Tunnel was removed from the Houston Ship Channel on 
			September 14, 1999, with removal of the tunnel being the 
			responsibility of the Texas Department of Transportation.  
			Source: 
			
			Wikipedia 
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