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The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston—one of the United States's busiest seaports.〔"Welcome to the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel Project Online Resource Center" (description), USACE, December 2005, webpage: (USACE-HGNC ).〕 The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico, and serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic. ==Overview== The channel is a widened and deepened natural watercourse created by dredging Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.betterbay.org/html/releases/HoustonShipChannelHistory.htm )〕 Major products, such as petrochemicals and Midwestern grain, are transported in bulk together with general cargo. The original watercourse for the channel, Buffalo Bayou, has its headwaters to the west of the city of Houston. The navigational head of the channel, the most upstream point to which general cargo ships can travel, is at Turning Basin in east Houston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Turning Basin )〕 The channel has numerous terminals and berthing locations along Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay. The major public terminals include Turning Basin, Barbours Cut, and Bayport. Many private docks are there, as well, including the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex and the Deer Park Complex.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=DHR05: HRD for Competitive Advantage: Assignment I )〕 The channel, periodically widened and deepened to accommodate ever-larger ships, is wide by deep by long.〔 The islands in the ship channel are part of the ongoing widening and deepening project. The islands are formed from soil pulled up by dredging, and the salt marshes and bird islands are part of the Houston Port Authority's beneficial use and environmental mitigation responsibilities.〔 The channel has five vehicle crossings: Washburn Tunnel, Sidney Sherman Bridge, Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge, popularly known as the Beltway 8 Bridge; Fred Hartman Bridge connecting La Porte and Baytown, Texas; and Lynchburg Ferry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houston Ship Channel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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