Box

International Bridges

• 1982-1990 (Creación)

50 folders

1/1: General Information, 1982-1986

1/2: General Information, 1987

1/3: General Information, 1988

1/4: General Information, 1989

1/5: General Information, 1990

1/6: International Bridges, Legal and Financial Authority, General Information

1/7: International Bridges, Legal and Financial Authority, Toll Bridges

1/8: List of Border Contacts, 1988
Names and telephone numbers of individuals in federal agencies

1/9: Maps of Border Area

1/10: International Bridges, Clippings, 1987-1990

1/11: Tamaulipas Bridge Study, Reports, March 1988
Titled Background Information, International Border Crossings Texas and Mexico, Transportation Planning Division, Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/12: Tamaulipas Bridge Study, Reports, February 1988
Titled Traffic Study, Proposed International Bridge Vicinity of Los Indios, Texas-Lucio Blanco, Tamaulipas, Transportation Planning Division, Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/13: Tamaulipas Bridge Study, Reports, October 1, 1987
Titled A Report on International Bridge Traffic Congestion Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, An Engineering Analysis, Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/14: Report, 1988
Titled Programa de Desaarrollo de Puertos Terrestres Fronterizos con Nuevos Puents Internacionales, Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas

1/15: Bridges, General, Reports, March 1988
Titled Background Information, International Border Crossings Texas and Mexico, Transportation Planning Division, Texas State Department of Highways and Transportation, revised April 1988 and January 1989

1/16: Bridges, General, Reports, May 1, 1989
Titled Southern Border Ports of Entry-1990 submitted to the Committee on Appropriations, U. S. Senate by The Border Trade Alliance and the Institute for Manufacturing and Materials Management (IM3), University of Texas at El Paso

1/17: Bridges, General, Reports, March 30, 1990
Titled Briefing Materials on U.S./Mexico Ports of Entry & Texas center for Business Enterprise Development Database by Donald A. Michie, presented to United States-Mexico Border Governors' Conference Austin, Texas

1/18: Bridges, General, Report, 1988
Titled Synopsis Colombia-Dolores Bridge

1/19: Bridges, General, 1988 & 1990
Letters with attachments

1/20: Cameron County--Brownsville Bridge
Correspondence, memos, notes, and clippings

1/21: Cameron County--Brownsville Bridge, August 1987
International Bridge Permit Application by the Brownsville Navigation District, with response from the U. S. Department of State

1/22: Colombia Bridge, 1987
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/23: Colombia Bridge, 1988
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/24: Colombia Bridge, 1989
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/25: Colombia Bridge, 1989
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/26: Colombia Bridge, 1990
Correspondence, memos, and notes

1/27: Colombia Bridge, March-July 1990
Memos, notes, press releases, speeches, clippings, and announcement of and approval for the bridge

1/28: Colombia Bridge, August 1990
Groundbreaking ceremony, Program, invitation, memo, and clippings

1/29: Colombia Bridge, 1988-1989
Programmatic agreement between the Department of State, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the Texas State Historic Preservation Officer regarding implementation of the bridge, letters, memos, notes, brief reports, recommended action plan by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, resolutions, maps, description of land, tax receipt, press release, and aerial photographs

1/30: Colombia Bridge
Application for a Presidential Permit to Construct an International Bridge, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and the State of Texas, submitted by city of Laredo, Texas

1/31: Colombia Bridge, May 1989
Application for a Presidential Permit for Proposed Colombia International Bridge to be located between Webb County, Texas, and Colombia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Commissioners' Court of Webb County, Texas

1/32: Colombia Bridge, Clippings, 1987-1988

1/33: Colombia Bridge, Clippings, 1988-1989

1/34: Del Rio Bridge, 1988
Memos, notes, agenda, itinerary for Governor Clements for dedication, brief reports, clippings, and environmental impact statement scoping meeting for master plan for expanding the inspection facilities because of the increased traffic on the new bridge

1/35: Del Rio Bridge, 1982 & 1989
Letters, notes, clippings, and report titled Del Rio-Ciudad Acuna Rail Interchange Project" Feasibility Phase, submitted to Del Rio Area Development Foundation, authorized by Southwest Border Regional Commission, prepared by J. T. Lamkin Jr. and H. A. Richards, Texas Transportation Institute

1/36: Donna--Rio Bravo (Tamaulipas), 1989
Cover letter for copy of a Presidential Permit for an International Bridge (not present) sent to Governor Clements

1/37: Fabens Border Station, 1990
Letter and position paper for a station at Fabens, Texas

1/38: Eagle Pass Bridge, 1989
Letter, maps, and reports titled Preliminary Project Data and Eagle Pass International Bridge Study by Groves and Associates, Inc. of San Antonio, Texas

1/39: Falcon Dam Bridge
Letter, note, and petition to open the International Crossing at Falcon Dam on a permanent twenty-four-hour basis

1/40: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridges, 1987-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, clippings, resolutions, environmental impact statement, map, and brief report on a meeting on international bridges and border crossings held in San Diego. [Note some documents refer to the Colombia Bridge.]

1/41: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridges, October 1, 1987
Report titled Report on International Bridge Traffic Congestion, Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, an Engineering Analysis

1/42: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridges, July 1988
Report titled Bridge III: Laredo Texas/Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [Includes photographs of congested traffic on existing bridges]

1/43: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, 1989-1990
Letter, memos, resolution, map, and clippings

1/44: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, June 1989
Report titled Laredo-Corpus Christi-Laredo Route Feasibility Study by State Department of Highways and Public Transportation

1/45: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, 1989
Letter, clippings, translation of one clipping in Spanish, and report titled U.S.-Mexico Industrial & Tourist Development District, A Conceptual Proposal by Ralph Durden Company, Corpus Christi

1/46: Laredo Bridge--Outer Loop Highway, June 1989
Letter and report titled Public Hearing Report, Feasibility and Justification Study for the Outer Loop Spur Highway, Webb County, City of Laredo, State Department of Highways and Public Transportation by DeShazo, Starek & Tang, Inc

1/47: Laredo--Nuevo Laredo Bridge, Clippings, 1987-1989
Many of the clippings are noted as relating to bridge III or the Colombia Bridge.

1/48: Los Ebanos Bridge, 1987 & 1989
Letters and clippings

1/49: Los Indios Bridge, 1987-1990
Letters and clippings

1/50: Colombia Bridge
Report containing brief notes, and photographs of maps and conceptual drawings