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The Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge is an eight-lane bridge with and is 1,008 feet (307 m) long and 72 feet (22 m) wide. The international bridge is for buses and non-commercial traffic only. The bridge is also known as Bridge Number Two, Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Bridge 2, New Bridge, Puente Juárez-Lincoln, Laredo II and Puente Nuevo. [3]
The Laredo Convent Avenue Port of Entry is located at the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge. [4] Since 1889, a bridge connected Laredo, Texas with Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas at this location. For many years, this was the only crossing for vehicular and pedestrian traffic between the two cities.
The World Trade International Bridge is a fourteen-lane bridge. The bridge is 977 feet (298 m) long and 262 feet (80 m) wide. The international bridge is for commercial traffic only. The bridge is also known as Laredo North, Bridge 4, Laredo IV, Puente Internacional Nuevo Laredo III and Puente del Comercio Mundial Nuevo Laredo III. [3]
Laredo is home to Laredo College [105] and Texas A&M International University [106] (TAMIU). The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio [ 107 ] has a campus in Laredo. Laredo College is a two-campus institution which offers two-year Associate's degrees.
The Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge was named in honor of the Mexican planned community of Colombia, Nuevo León.The community and the international bridge were built because the Mexican state of Nuevo León, which has a very small border with the United States, wanted an international port to compete with the bordering states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the international ...
The Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge is an international railway bridge across the Rio Grande and U.S.-Mexico border between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, the only rail link between these cities. Owned and operated by CPKC, the single-track bridge is the busiest rail
1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo. [5] 1909 - Webb County Courthouse built. 1910 - Population: 14,855. [5] 1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo. [11] 1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date). [12] 1920 Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge opened. Population: 22,710. 1922
The Laredo Colombia Solidarity Port of Entry is located at the Colombia – Solidarity International Bridge (sometimes referred to as "Bridge III"). It is the only port of entry from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. It was built in 1991 in an effort to relieve traffic from the congested downtown Laredo bridges. [1]