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The Brays Bayou Federal Flood Risk Reduction Project, also known as Project Brays, is an ongoing $480 million project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) to retrofit the Brays Bayou watershed with new and improved flood control infrastructure. [14]
Arthur Storey Park is a 175-acre (0.71 km 2) green space along Brays Bayou at the intersection of Bellaire Boulevard and State Highway Beltway 8, immediately west of Chinatown. [136] In August 1995, the Harris County Flood Control District began acquiring land along the bayou, and in October of that year it agreed to allow the establishment of ...
The Almeda Road Bridge over Brays Bayou is a bridge located in Houston, Texas and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The bridge was designed by J. G. McKenzie and Don Hall Constructors and is one of the last continuous span concrete girder bridges to be designed during the City Beautiful movement.
Buffalo Bayou is the main waterway flowing through the city and has a significant place in Texas history, not only due to the founding place of the City of Houston, but also because the final battle for Texas Independence was fought along its banks. [10] Other major bayous in the city include White Oak Bayou, Brays Bayou and Sims Bayou. [11]
Triangular area between Beltway 8, Brays Bayou, and Interstate 69 30 Braeburn: Southwest Along north bank of Brays Bayou immediately east of Interstate 69 31 Meyerland: Southwest Along north bank of Brays Bayou immediately west of Interstate 610 west 32 Braeswood: Southwest Along north bank of Brays Bayou immediately east of Interstate 610 west 33
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Harris Gully, Brays Bayou, Hermann Park, Hermann Hospital and Holcombe House are visible. (Note: Holcombe House, 1907 Holcombe Blvd. became the Ronald McDonald House Houston in 1981.)" (Text from Rice University Digital Scholarship Archive
A chance discovery led officials in northern England to uncover more than 100 practice bombs from World War II buried underneath a playground.