a baytown landmark: fred hartman bridge . this bridge for me symbolized the entrance into nicer seaside towns, such as seabrooke, kemah & eventually galveston island, we had to cross it to go to these places, and the views over the channel were always something, no matter if you focused on the architecture of the bridge or its surroundings, which was a wild mix of industrial landscapes & beautiful nature. this bridge just needs to be experienced, it was hard to take any nice images and feel the grandness of it. the cable-stayed bridge spans the houston ship channel & connects baytown with the city of la porte . construction started in 1986 & was finished in 1995. it was designed by j.e. greiner company . i really liked this bridge, it felt so airy, floaty & elegant. bad image of an impressively ugly landscape that was alway present: petrochemical industrial structures. there was a weird attraction i felt towards these landscapes, they emitted a certain kind of...
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