LOS TOMATES INTERNATIONAL BORDER CROSSING
The Los Tomates International Border crossing connecting Brownsville, Texas, with Matamoros, Mexico, is scheduled for completion in March 1999. A summary of the project's major components provides a glimpse of the unique environmental and infrastructure elements that were a part of this project: issuance of a Presidential Permit for bridge construction, an elevated extension of US 77/83 (Interstate-69) to the border station, relocation of the city's Lincoln Park, a 1,300-m-long toll bridge constructed through an endangered species habitat, a 4,000-m relocation of the river levee, an 80-acre (32-ha) border station constructed adjacent to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reserve, dedication of 167 acres (68 ha) along the river for continuance of a wildlife corridor, nine separate and sequential construction contracts, and coordination among the City of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas Department of Transportation, General Services Administration, and their Mexican counterparts.
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Corporate Authors:
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Washington, DC United States -
Authors:
- Hudson, J
- Publication Date: 1998-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 50
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Serial:
- ITE Journal
- Volume: 68
- Issue Number: 9
- Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
- ISSN: 0162-8178
- Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge construction; Bridges; Construction; Contract administration; Cooperation; Coordination; Environmental protection; Infrastructure; Interagency relations; International; International compacts; International relations; International roads; Road construction; Wildlife
- Geographic Terms: Brownsville (Texas); Matamoros (Mexico)
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Construction; Environment; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00756719
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 30 1998 12:00AM