Washburn Tunnel

The Washburn Tunnel is a two-lane underwater motor-vehicle tunnel connecting Galena Park and Pasadena, two suburbs of Houston, Texas. Completed in 1950, it travels north-south underneath the Houston Ship Channel. It was named after Harris County, Texas Auditor Harry L. Washburn. It is the largest and first toll-free vehicular tunnel in the Southern United States.

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structure, road tunnel, United States, 

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• National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@
• National Register of Historic Places page^@
• Texas Historic Sites Atlas page^@
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Location: 29.7303, -95.2119, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Baytown Tunnel ⓘ
  Demolished tunnel under the Houston Ship Channel in Texas, US

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  Houston tunnel system ⓘ
  tunnel system

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  Washburn Tunnel ⓘ
  structure in Houston & Pasadena, Harris County, Texas

Frameless

Washburn Tunnel Harris Co TX

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		Texas Historic Sites Atlas page@		Wikidata
site	tunnel		Baytown Tunnel	road tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Houston tunnel system	pedway, tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Washburn Tunnel	structure, road tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		Washburn Tunnel Harris Co TX		Commons