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Bi-National Socioeconomic Handbook  2018  “Laredos Region“


          International Bridges /

          Port Insfrastructure




        The Port Infrastructure is composed by five International         •  World Trade  Bridge:  Dedicated exclusively for
        Bridges  strategically  located  in  the  Los  Dos  Laredos          vehicles of commercial transportation, it is our greatest
        Region.                                                              tangible heritage, such work has the most modern
                                                                             and important infrastructure to perform operations of
        •  Gateway to the Americas International Bridge                      foreign trade in Latin America.
            (Bridge I): Bridge mainly for pedestrian use and four         •  Railway Operations Bridge:  The railway bridge
            vehicle lines. Connects Nuevo Laredo,  Tamaulipas                Laredo-Nuevo Laredo, is located within the states of
            with Downtown Laredo,  Texas. It is also known as                Tamaulipas, in Mexico and Texas, in the United States.
            International Bridge I.                                          It was built in 1881, when two railways arrived to
        •  Juarez Lincoln International Bridge (Bridge II):                  Laredo and where more than 1,800 railway wagons
            This bridge is for light vehicle crossing and connects           cross per day.
            Nuevo  Laredo,  Tamaulipas  with  Laredo,  Texas.  It  is     •  Solidarity - Colombia International Bridge:  It  is
            operated by the city of Laredo and the Department of             located in the municipality of Anahuac, Nuevo Leon
            Communications and Transportation of Mexico. It is               and it is one of the four vehicle international bridges
            also known as international bridge 2.                            located in the border of United States and Mexico in
                                                                             the city of Laredo, Texas.

















                Gateway to the Americas                          Juarez Lincoln                            World Trade
                  International Bridge                        International Bridge                            Bridge














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