Services · Bayfront / Bayway
Texas’s longest cable-stayed bridge. The city’s skyline, whether it admits it or not.
Verified Sep 2026
Photo: Roy Luck · CC BY 2.0
Drive it at sunset. The diamonds light up, tankers slide underneath, and the ExxonMobil Baytown refinery — the largest in the United States — spreads out like a second city. There is no pedestrian path.
The move is a slow drive and a pull-off on the Baytown side for photographs. This is the image people keep. Do not stop on the span.
Local tip. Do not stop on the span. Use a side street on the Baytown approach.
500 acres, three bays, 317 bird species. The reason to get off I-10.
Fried shrimp, a patio, and Sunday music over the water — Baytown’s default date-night.
The free ferry that still crosses the Houston Ship Channel. Same route as 1836. Not 24 hours.
In the guides: The plant has no New Year · The longest day and the sun that made the oil · A town that turns itself into light · 48 hours in Baytown · Baytown attractions, ranked by someone who lives here · The Bayway side · Beaches near Baytown · Baytown to Katy, Cypress, Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Galveston: the cross-town drives · Baytown from Houston: the day trip · Where to fish