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1525:Jacinto City
1463:Other cities
1260:Barbours Cut
1219:Lake Anahuac
1189:Armand Bayou
1096:Double Bayou
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1727:Lake Conroe
1631:Channelview
1550:League City
1510:Galena Park
1505:Friendswood
1253:Major ports
1239:Trinity Bay
1234:Taylor Lake
1199:Clear Creek
1194:Cedar Bayou
1106:Smith Point
1019:League City
999:Friendswood
866:Baytown Sun
788:Lee College
683:(1953-1998)
604:November 2,
550:18 February
337:Baytown Sun
109:, south of
87:SH 146
80:8 lanes of
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39:Coordinates
1742:Categories
1636:Cloverleaf
1626:Atascocita
1595:Texas City
1444:Sugar Land
1404:Montgomery
1270:Texas City
1224:Moses Lake
1204:Clear Lake
1162:Texas City
1141:Subregions
1049:Texas City
1039:Shoreacres
1024:Nassau Bay
974:Beach City
676:Downstream
485:Structurae
452:References
272:Statistics
264:1995-09-27
169:main deck:
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1580:Rosenberg
1540:La Marque
1515:Galveston
1495:Dickinson
1490:Deer Park
1389:Galveston
1384:Fort Bend
1281:preserves
1180:Bodies of
1166:La Marque
1127:Galveston
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984:Dickinson
806:Landmarks
736:Education
509:6 October
422:apartheid
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1590:Stafford
1575:Richmond
1570:Pearland
1565:Pasadena
1545:La Porte
1500:Freeport
1480:Bellaire
1475:Angleton
1379:Chambers
1374:Brazoria
1362:Counties
1148:Pasadena
1122:Chambers
1115:Counties
1101:San Leon
1090:Pasadena
1034:Seabrook
1014:La Porte
944:Pasadena
755:Lee High
655:Upstream
433:See also
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285:Location
155:Material
1656:Hockley
1646:Cypress
1449:Baytown
1434:Houston
1399:Liberty
1265:Bayport
1152:Baytown
1086:Houston
1077:Bayview
1072:Bacliff
1054:Webster
989:El Lago
969:Anahuac
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925:History
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1671:Spring
1651:Fresno
1641:Crosby
1555:Manvel
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1454:Conroe
1409:Waller
1394:Harris
1369:Austin
1279:Nature
1132:Harris
842:Health
354:Dallas
254:Opened
197:Height
144:Design
103:Locale
1661:Klein
1619:areas
1485:Clute
1470:Alvin
1182:water
1004:Kemah
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