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Donna is located in southern Texas at (26.170336, –98.049037 It is bordered on the east by the city of Weslaco and on the west by Alamo.The southern boundary of Donna is a few miles north of the Rio Grande, the international border between the United States and Mexico.
Map of the Republic of Texas 1841 with expansive borders. The Texas Revolution of 1835-1836 put the majority of what is now called the Rio Grande Valley under contested Texan sovereignty. [5] The area also became a thoroughfare for runaway slaves fleeing to Mexico. [16]
The Donna Texas Port of Entry is a border crossing between Mexico and the US, located at the Alliance International Bridge. [1] The bridge opened in 2010 to passenger vehicles only. While there are plans to open the bridge to commercial truck traffic, a date has not yet been set for that.
U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from the Mexican border in the Rio Grande Valley to the Canadian border near Dunseith, North Dakota.In the state of Texas, the highway is a major south–north corridor, connecting Brownsville to the Oklahoma state line at the Red River in Burkburnett.
U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway.At 1,875 miles (3,018 km) [3] it is the longest continuous three-digit U.S. Route. The highway's northern terminus is at the International Peace Garden, north of Dunseith, North Dakota, at the Canadian border, where it continues as Highway 10.
Known as the "Refuge to the Valley", it is located in an area of abundant vegetable farming and citrus groves, and is a noted winter resort/retirement town near the Mexico–U.S. border. Alamo is one of the Rio Grande Valley's gateways to Mexico , via U.S. Route 281 and Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas , as well as a gateway to the Santa Ana National ...
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The Donna–Río Bravo International Bridge, also known as the Alliance International Bridge, is an international bridge that spans the Rio Grande, providing a crossing of the Mexico–United States border between Donna, Texas and Río Bravo, Tamaulipas. The bridge was opened to traffic on December 14, 2010. [3]