Houston Ship Channel is a ship canal running from the Galveston Bay entrance at Bolivar Roads, through Galveston Bay and up the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou estuaries to the Port of Houston. The tide is predominantly diurnal and small, with a mean range of 1.13 ft (0.34 m) at the Morgans Point, Barbours Cut station.
- Type
- Ship canal
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Setting
- Running from the Galveston Bay entrance at Bolivar Roads, through Galveston Bay and up the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou estuaries to the Port of Houston
- Tidal range
- The tide is predominantly diurnal and small, with a mean range of 1.13 ft (0.34 m) at the Morgans Point, Barbours Cut station.
- Notable
- The ongoing Project 11 expansion is widening the channel along its Galveston Bay reach from 530 ft to 700 ft and deepening segments upstream to 46.5 ft (USACE / Port Houston).
