TRAFFIC CIRCULATION STUDY AND LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR EAGLE PASS. INTERIM REPORT

A 1992 report to Congress, pursuant to Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) sections 1089 and 6015, acknowledges that Texas serves a disproportionate share of the U.S.-Mexico international trade, and, accordingly, recommends the development of federal-aid program options to improve transportation infrastructure related to international trade. In order to take advantage of this recommendation, border states must monitor their transborder traffic demand and develop traffic circulation plans for their border cities. This report presents a 25-year traffic circulation plan for the City of Eagle Pass, Texas. The plan includes recommendations for increasing roadway capacity, adding left turn lanes, new routes to relieve congestion, international thoroughfares, and other relevant issues. It also includes a comprehensive analysis of transborder traffic in Eagle Pass and international thoroughfares between Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass. The recommendations take into account input from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) personnel, city officials, border inspectors, international bridge managers, and several Mexican officials. The recommendations and schedules discussed in this document can assist TxDOT in planning land transport infrastructure and in alleviating those problems related to additional highway capacity, pavement rehabilitation, signalization, and right-of-way needs.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research study title: Traffic Circulation Study and Long-Range Plan for Del Rio and Eagle Pass.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 3208 Red River Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78705

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Transfer Office, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5051
• Authors:
  • Weissmann, A J
  • Islam, Riadul
• Publication Date: 1996-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 131 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway capacity; Highway planning; Infrastructure; International borders; International trade; Left turn lanes; Traffic
• Identifier Terms: North American Free Trade Agreement
• Geographic Terms: Eagle Pass (Texas); Texas-Mexico Border region
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning; Transborder traffic circulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00725514
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TX-96/2940-1, Res Rept 2940-1, CTR 7-2940-1
• Contract Numbers: Study 7-2940
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 5 1996 12:00AM