The Fr Hartman Bridge across the Ho...

The Fr Hartman Bridge across the Houston Ship Channel in Texas explained this past September. With its symmetrically balanced towers and glistening arrays of cables, the facility brings much about the art of contemporary structural engineering.

In terminuss of the surface area embodied in the twin 78-foot-wide robes this cable-stayed bridge ranks as the nation's largest and is surpassed worldwide no other than by a crossing still beneath construction in Japan.

The $92 million bridge is well upon its way to becoming a Texas landmark.

The eight-lane bridge, which replaces the antiquated Baytown Tunnel, connects Loop 201 in Baytown with Texas way 225 in La Porte.

More than a decade went into its planning. It has a capacity of 200000 vehicles by day, nearly eight times that of the funnel which had been a traffic bottleneck for many years.

It is awaited to serve as a