Sidney Sherman Bridge (Houston, Texas)

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The Sidney Sherman Bridge is a strutted girder bridge located southeast of downtown Houston, Texas. It spans the Houston Ship Channel and carries the East Loop segment of Interstate 610 on the east side of the city.

Construction on the bridge (often called the "610 Bridge" or the "Ship Channel Bridge") began in 1969 and was completed in 1973; it is named in honor of Sidney Sherman, a general and key leader in the Texas Army during the 1836 Texas Revolution and afterwards in the fledgling Republic of Texas.

The bridge's mainspan measures 600 feet long; its clearance is 135 feet (a source of controversy, since some HSC officials have deemed it too low for ships to navigate safely).
The bridge is one of five vehicular crossings of the Houston Ship Channel. The others are:

The Washburn Tunnel

The Sam Houston Tollway Ship Channel Bridge (formerly the Jesse Jones Toll Bridge)

The Fred Hartman Bridge (Baytown)

the Lynchburg Ferry