The Longest Tunnel In Texas Is In A Really Weird Place

Unless you're actually driving in the longest tunnel in Texas, you really can't see it from any vantage point. Not from above and good luck catching a glimpse of it from below.

The longest tunnel in Texas measures 3,791 feet from end to end. That's about the same distance as, just about 12 and a half football fields. Day-um.

Texas has this weird love/worship of football so, I figured that was the best comparison to use.  That's about 2 and a half Empire State buildings if your brain works better that way.

The Washburn Tunnel, between Houston and Pasadena, Texas, runs underneath the Houston Ship Channel. At its deepest point, it's 68 feet below the water. Surprisingly, it's only flooded once. (That was thanks to Hurricane Ike in 2008.)

The thought of traveling below such an incredible amount of water pressure might be a little unsettling, but fear not - there are pumps underneath the pavement that drain any water back into the ship channel. There are also fans that keep the air free of carbon monoxide, a generator, and brighter lights at the entrance and exit of the tunnel to prevent temporary blindness. - onlyinyourstate

On top of the water, travelers also have monstrous ships, gigantic oil tankers and other, equally huge, ocean worthy vessels floating above them. I've been through it and it doesn't really seem like all that big of a deal.

As long as you don't dwell on the depth, the overhead shipping traffic, the possibility of a collapse or the potential for accidents on a narrow, two lane, two way road.

Or anything else that can go wrong 70 feet under water.