Tag: buffalo bayou

Roadbuilding

How crews fixed a Houston tollway’s massive sinkhole in Harvey’s wake

Joe Harper had just hit the road to work September 7 when his mobile phone went off at 6:30 a.m. The Harris County Toll Road Authority wanted to know if he could immediately mobilize enough workers and equipment to fix a giant sinkhole at the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston. Tropical Storm Harvey’s rains had […]

October 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Section of Houston tollway damaged by Harvey still closed

The northbound lanes of a main section of the West Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8, which were flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey, were reopened Sept. 7 after pumping out standing water, but the southbound lanes likely won’t open until the middle of this week, according to the Harris County Toll Road Authority in Houston. The authority […]

September 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

Assessing Harvey’s damage to Texas infrastructure a difficult task

Officials say damage by Hurricane Harvey in southeast Texas is extensive…and ongoing, Engineering News-Record reports. Infrastructure assessments have been difficult, however, because almost all transportation networks remain completely shut down. All flights have been suspended in the Houston area, all port operations have ceased at Houston and Galveston, the Federal Railroad Administration declared a state of […]

August 31, 2017

Roadbuilding

Burial crypt hidden under downtown Houston bridge

Even if you have lived in the area your entire life, chances are you don’t know that there’s a burial crypt under the Franklin Street bridge over the Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas. The Donnellan Crypt has been under the bridge for over 165 years. The burial vault is believed to have held three people: Timothy Donnellan, one […]

October 28, 2014