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The Brownsville B&M Port of Entry opened in 1909 with the completion of the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge. Since 1999, all truck traffic has been diverted to the Veterans and Los Indios crossings .
Despite the fact that the Veteran's International Bridge is newer than Gateway, it still retains its nickname. This international bridge unites the Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area, which counts with a population of 1,136,995, [1] making it the 4th largest metropolitan area in the Mexico-US border. [2] The bridge circa 1950
The original bridge could swing open to allow river traffic to pass; however it was a function that was almost never used due to the shallowness of the Rio Grande. [1] The bridge was substantially renovated in 1953, and a second 4-lane bridge dedicated to northbound traffic was built adjacent to it in 1997.
The Brownsville Veterans Port of Entry opened in 1999 with the completion of the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates. It is the easternmost US-Mexico border crossing, and is by far the newest of the three crossings between Brownsville and Matamoros. In 2019, average daily traffic was about 4,000 vehicles including about 800 trucks. [3]
Jun. 4—Cameron County has received permission from the Biden administration to build, maintain and operate a new vehicular and pedestrian crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville.
Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge; no trucks 1909 Brownsville - Gateway: GTW: SH 4 (International Boulevard) Brownsville, Texas: Matamoros Alvaro Obregon Matamoros, Tamaulipas: Gateway International Bridge; no trucks 1926 Brownsville - Veterans: BRO: I-69E US 77 US 83: Brownsville, Texas: Matamoros Avenida 5 de Mayo Matamoros ...
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The bridge was built primarily to divert commercial freight traffic away from the busy downtown bridges, but about a third of the passenger vehicles also cross at this point. [1] The Veterans Port of Entry is the easternmost US-Mexico border crossing, and is by far the newest of the three crossings between Brownsville and Matamoros.