Covarrubias: Port Laredo’s World Trade Bridge: 25 Years Transforming North American Trade – Rio Grande Guardian

Covarrubias: Port Laredo’s World Trade Bridge: 25 Years Transforming North American Trade – Rio Grande Guardian

Twenty-five years ago, on April 15, 2000, the World Trade Bridge opened between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, not just as another concrete span across the Rio Grande, but as a deliberate $128 million investment in integrated North American commerce. Today, this transformative infrastructure has become North America’s busiest commercial crossing, handling over 6 million trucks annually and enabling a staggering $339 billion in trad…