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It is owned by the Mexican government and the state of Texas Department of Transportation. It is privately operated under a lease by Ferromex subsidiary Texas Pacifico Transportation. [1] The Presidio–Ojinaga International Rail Bridge has been out of service following fire damage on 29 February 2008. Reconstruction started in 2018. [2]
The Presidio Texas Port of Entry is an international border crossing between Presidio, Texas in the United States and Ojinaga, Chihuahua in Mexico. It is located at the Presidio–Ojinaga International Bridge , connecting U.S. Route 67 to the north with Mexican Federal Highway 16 to the south.
Texas Pacifico Transportation Ltd. (reporting mark TXPF) is a Class III railroad operating company in West Texas owned by Grupo México. [3] [4] The company operates over the South Orient Rail Line under a lease and operating agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd. The Texas Pacifico company ...
Presidio–Ojinaga International Rail Bridge (Currently closed due to fire) Presidio, Texas–Ojinaga, Chihuahua: Presidio–Ojinaga International Bridge: US 67 (terminus), Fed. 16 (terminus) Fort Hancock–El Porvenir International Bridge: FM 1088 (terminus) Fort Hancock, Texas–El Porvenir, Chihuahua: Tornillo–Guadalupe International Bridge
The Presidio Texas Port of Entry is located at the Presidio–Ojinaga International Bridge. The original, privately-owned wooden bridge was built in the early 1900s, and the port of entry was established by executive order in 1917. [2] The bridge was most recently replaced in 1985.
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The railroad was actually built by Arthur Stilwell [1] as the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, starting about 1900. [7] From 1910 to 1914, Mexico North Western Railway (sp. Ferrocarril del Noroeste) completed the Temosachic-Casas-Grandes line. Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway completed the Chihuahua-Ojinaga section. [8]
The Santa Fe then sold the Mexican portions. The railway reached Presidio in 1930 and the Presidio–Ojinaga International Rail Bridge was built. Operating rights on the portion from San Angelo Junction (65 miles [105 km] NEE of San Angelo) to Presidio (known as South Orient Rail Line) later were awarded to Texas Pacifico Transportation.