I was born and raised in Houston. What I remember about the Washburn Tunnel is that it's mostly up and down. The level area at the bottom is very brief. My grandfather from a tiny town in North Texas could take going through it once, but don't you dare go around the roundabout and through it again.
Great video, I had to take the Washburn Tunnel the last bad snow we had (not like we have had many). I believe it was around 2008? The tunnel was still being repaired but they opened it up to alleviate traffic flow since the fred hartman and 610 bridges were closed....very good video!
Then you're a fucking goddamned liar and have NOT lived here for seventeen years, you dumb bitch. It's ALWAYS featured on the local news stations every time it floods.
I had to drive back and forth to work and took the tunnel. I worked in Galena Park on Federal road. I had an old Datsun 280Z 5-speed man it was a blast driving it through that. But the worst part was my radio cuts out while you're inside. And the smell from the old paper plant next to it was horrible. They used to be another tunnel where the Fred Hartman bridge is now. now.
It's located between the massive 610 bridge over the ship channel and the East Sam Houston (Beltway 8) toll bridge....take interstate 10 and get off at Federal Road and head south. One lane each way and it's no big deal if you have ever travelled. Yes, I do live in Houston.
Had to pass through it first time in houston to get to a relatives house. I barely knew how to drive and was shitting bricks or as they say in htown fixin to shit myself
That's how everyone measures the grade of a road, not just Montana. A 6% grade means it goes up 6 feet for every 100 feet forward. Six percent is pretty much as steep as big trucks like to go, even though out west there are highways with 8% and even 10% grades. Those are extremely tough on big trucks, especially going downhill. Since trains have almost no traction whatsoever, a 2% grade is considered very steep.
Fort Bend Parkway is NOWHERE near the Washburn Tunnel, you dumb fuck. Fort Bend County is clear across town on the SOUTHWEST side. How do I know??? BECAUSE I grew up in that area. South Post Oak and Sam Houston Parkway. Proud graduate of Willowridge High School, 1988.
What level of education do the highway engineers of Texas have? Who the hell puts a tunnel in a heavily flood prone city like Houston? I have even heard that similar tunnels like this are planned in the near future for Houston. That’s just 🥜 Never mind that I HATE Tunnels....
Actually having freeways and tunnels below sea level is a fabulous idea, because it gives the water somewhere to go instead of your house when it flash floods and the skies dump 40" of rain in 40 hours like what happened with Tropical Storm Allison. S.W. Freeway near Montrose, RiverOaks filled with water. The bayous can not handle all that rain at once. In my opinion The Harris County Flood Control District should use giant Electricity Easements/ Right of Ways to dig very long and large recepticles for the purpose of catching massive rainfalls during flash floods. Particularly since freeways and toll roads in Texas are built purposefully with next to zero Storm Sewer infastructure which floods neighborhoods which never flooded before the freeways and toll roads were built.
I took the tunnel yesterday. Nice little shortcut.
I was born and raised in Houston. What I remember about the Washburn Tunnel is that it's mostly up and down. The level area at the bottom is very brief. My grandfather from a tiny town in North Texas could take going through it once, but don't you dare go around the roundabout and through it again.
Great video, I had to take the Washburn Tunnel the last bad snow we had (not like we have had many). I believe it was around 2008? The tunnel was still being repaired but they opened it up to alleviate traffic flow since the fred hartman and 610 bridges were closed....very good video!
i was born in Houston 1952, we used to stick our heads out and holler inside the tunnel.Thanks fo the memory. I live in north tx now. Cool video ...
I have lived in Houston 17 years, and I had never seen or heard of this tunnel before. Pretty cool.
Then you're a fucking goddamned liar and have NOT lived here for seventeen years, you dumb bitch. It's ALWAYS featured on the local news stations every time it floods.
Quentin Buetow 😂 😂 this made me laugh out loud. You sound like my mom. Thanks for keeping my spirits up. I needed the laugh.
I enjoyed the tunnel and the video of it. I love tunnels.
The Baytown Tunnel was a virtual twin of the Washburn.
Was a little longer and was newer. I drove through it a lot. Not that often through the Washburn
I like what you did here...I use this tunnel a lot
I had to drive back and forth to work and took the tunnel. I worked in Galena Park on Federal road. I had an old Datsun 280Z 5-speed man it was a blast driving it through that. But the worst part was my radio cuts out while you're inside. And the smell from the old paper plant next to it was horrible. They used to be another tunnel where the Fred Hartman bridge is now. now.
It's located between the massive 610 bridge over the ship channel and the East Sam Houston (Beltway 8) toll bridge....take interstate 10 and get off at Federal Road and head south. One lane each way and it's no big deal if you have ever travelled. Yes, I do live in Houston.
what a fun video this is! thank you for posting! :)
That ! was fun in my daddy's golf 1 cabriolet with the top down.
Had to pass through it first time in houston to get to a relatives house. I barely knew how to drive and was shitting bricks or as they say in htown fixin to shit myself
That's pretty cool! Did not know there were any rotaries in Texas, nice effects in the tunnel.
ROUNDABOUT ... not rotary. ROUND - A - BOUT
@@QuentinBuetow1970 I'm originally from New England where it is called a ROTARY.
great video been through there many times
...that blindness caused me to see blue and red effects near the end :)...
South East Houston closer to Pasadena I've been there great video
When I lived in Montana the grade of a road was how many feet it went up or down every yard or mile I think ours was more steep that six
That's how everyone measures the grade of a road, not just Montana. A 6% grade means it goes up 6 feet for every 100 feet forward. Six percent is pretty much as steep as big trucks like to go, even though out west there are highways with 8% and even 10% grades. Those are extremely tough on big trucks, especially going downhill. Since trains have almost no traction whatsoever, a 2% grade is considered very steep.
It’s underwater?
Cool song!
why does it get blurry everytime you enter the tunnel?
Please...write to every video the name of the soundrack)))
i found it and this gave me the idea how ford bend pkwy will be extended
Fort Bend Parkway is NOWHERE near the Washburn Tunnel, you dumb fuck. Fort Bend County is clear across town on the SOUTHWEST side.
How do I know??? BECAUSE I grew up in that area. South Post Oak and Sam Houston Parkway. Proud graduate of Willowridge High School, 1988.
@@QuentinBuetow1970 hey first this is 4 years ago
What's 6% grade?
where is it
Entire video through the actual tunnel is blurry WTF
I go in there
sorry my fault... didnt watch it to the end first time!!!
Galena Park and Pasadena are suburbs? really?
Uh yes because from a civil engineering standpoint, there is only urban, suburban and rural.
@@BlueonGoldZ - Thank you. People can be so fucking stupid sometimes.
WTF Maybe next time you film a video you can do at 90mph, seriously?
Your focus does not like that tunnel LOL
What level of education do the highway engineers of Texas have? Who the hell puts a tunnel in a heavily flood prone city like Houston? I have even heard that similar tunnels like this are planned in the near future for Houston. That’s just 🥜 Never mind that I HATE Tunnels....
The tunnel never flooded in the first 58 years of its life.
Actually having freeways and tunnels below sea level is a fabulous idea, because it gives the water somewhere to go instead of your house when it flash floods and the skies dump 40" of rain in 40 hours like what happened with Tropical Storm Allison. S.W. Freeway near Montrose, RiverOaks filled with water. The bayous can not handle all that rain at once. In my opinion The Harris County Flood Control District should use giant Electricity Easements/ Right of Ways to dig very long and large recepticles for the purpose of catching massive rainfalls during flash floods. Particularly since freeways and toll roads in Texas are built purposefully with next to zero Storm Sewer infastructure which floods neighborhoods which never flooded before the freeways and toll roads were built.
Oh wow that’s it?? Some girl in my class made it seem like it was something grand
What's 6% grade?