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World Trade International Bridge - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 27°35′50″N 99°32′14″W / 27.597291°N 99.537119°W

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World Trade International Bridge
Coordinates	27°35′50″N 99°32′14″W / 27.597291°N 99.537119°W / 27.597291; -99.537119
Carries	Commercial Vehicles Only Highways: Loop 20 I-69W US 59 Fed. 85D
Crosses	Rio Grande
Locale	Laredo, Texas – Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Official name	World Trade International Bridge
Other name(s)	Laredo International Bridge 4
Maintained by	City of Laredo Secretariat of Communication and Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Box Girder Bridge
Total length	977 ft (343 m)
Width	262 ft (80 m)
History
Opened	2000
Statistics
Daily traffic	Commercial: 3,579
Toll	Commercial Vehicles $4.75/axle (southbound)^[1] 60 pesos (northbound)^[2]
Location

The World Trade International Bridge is one of four international bridges located in the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that connect the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande (Río Bravo). It is owned and operated by City of Laredo and the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexico's federal Secretariat of Communication and Transportation). It is also known as Laredo International Bridge 4.

History

The World Trade International Bridge's construction started on September 30, 1998, and the bridge was completed on April 15, 2000. The international bridge was named in honor of a free World Trade market, because international trade is one of the key components to the Laredo / Nuevo Laredo economies. The World Trade International Bridge was built to alleviate traffic congestion in Interstate 35 south through Laredo, Texas since most commercial traffic could only cross through the one lane dedicated to commercial vehicles at Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge or the further north Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge in Nuevo León.

Description

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]
The World Trade International Bridge is Nuevo Laredo's third international bridge and Laredo's fourth since Laredo's third (Laredo International Bridge 3) is located at the Nuevo León/Texas border.

Plans

The City of Laredo was talking to the Mexican Government about expanding the World Trade International Bridge by adding nine more lanes by 2012, in order to cut down delays of the movement of goods.^{[citation needed]}^{[needs update]}

Location

This bridge is located at the western termini of Interstate 69W, U.S. Route 59, and Loop 20 in Laredo, Texas. It is also in north Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas at the Mexican Federal Highway 85D's northern terminus.

Border crossing

The Laredo World Trade Port of Entry was built in 2000 in an effort to relieve traffic from the congested downtown Laredo bridges.^[4] All of Laredo's cross-border commercial vehicle traffic uses this Port of Entry, as the other Laredo bridges prohibit trucks. Passenger vehicles and pedestrians are not permitted to use this crossing.

References

^ "City of Laredo International Bridge System Toll Rates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
^ "RED PROPIA: TARIFAS VIGENTES 2020" (PDF). Caminos y Puentes Federales.
^ Texas Department of Transportation (State of Texas). "TxDOT Transportation Planning; Border Crossings". Dot.state.tx.us. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
^ "World Trade Bridge". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 13, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

World Trade International Bridge Webcam (American Side)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
World Trade International Bridge Webcam (Mexican Side) Archived April 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Expansion of the World Trade International Bridge
Statistical Data Archived May 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

v t e International bridges in Laredo, Texas
Current bridges	Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez-Lincoln International Bridge Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge	City of Laredo flag
Proposed bridges	Laredo International Bridge 5 Laredo-Colombia International Railway Bridge 3 Laredo International Railway Bridge 2	City of Laredo flag

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International bridges	Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Colombia – Solidarity International Bridge
Highways	I-35 I-35 Bus. I-69W Proposed I-2 Proposed I-27 US 59 US 83 SH 255 SH 359 Loop 20 Spur 260 Spur 400 FM 1472 FM 3338
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