Status: Open to traffic
Location: 27.503490,-99.496093
Carries Iturbide-Market Street over Zacate Creek
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Open-Spandrel Arch
Total Length: 111.9 Feet
Span Length: 96.1 Feet
Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Arroyo Zacate (Zacate Creek) on Iturbide-Market Street in Laredo
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928
Location: Webb County
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489959
Iturbide Street Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
489960
Iturbide Street Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
489961
Iturbide Street Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 27.506111,-99.496389
Carries Parking Lot over Zacate Creek
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 98.1 Feet
Span Length: 89.9 Feet
Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Zacate Creek on Parking Lot in Laredo
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928
Location: Webb County
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Status: Intact but closed to all traffic
Location: 27.506280,-99.496772
Carries former Matamoros Street over Zacate Creek
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Open-Spandrel Arch
Total Length: 98.1 Feet
Span Length: 82.0 Feet
Overview: Arch bridge over Arroyo Zacate (Zacate Creek) on a closed portion of former Matamoros Street
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928
Location: Webb County
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489947
Matamoros Street Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
489948
Matamoros Street Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 27.498470,-99.516209
Carries KCS/KCSM over Rio Gande (Rio Bravo del Norte)
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: 2 Pratt through truss spans and four Pratt deck truss approach spans
Total Length: 1084.0 Feet
Span Length: 184.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss and Pratt deck truss bridge over Rio Grande on KCS/KCSM
History: Built 1910
Built: 1910
Location: Webb County
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272915
Photo taken by AMAPO
454197
Photo taken by Willem Vankesteren
454198
Photo taken by Patrick Carlson
489962
Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
489964
Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
489965
Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2020
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 27.499257,-99.507485
Carries Road over Rio Grande
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Open-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Rio Grande on Road
History: Built 1932; Destroyed by flood 1954
Built: 1932
Location: Webb County
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477818
International Bridge Remains
"After the flood, this dramatic picture shows the force of the water. Parts of the International Bridge at Laredo lie scattered in the river channel like jackstraws littered with other flotsam left by the river."
Photo taken by Texas Highways in 1954
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Historic Photo
Photo taken in 1940
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Historic Photo
Photo taken in 1940
495882
Laredo International Bridge
Photo from old postcard
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Laredo International Bridge
view c1940
Photo from old postcard
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 27.499422,-99.507559
Carries Convent Avenue over Rio Grande River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Haunched steel stringer
Total Length: 1049.9 Feet
Span Length: 149.9 Feet
Overview: Haunched steel stringer bridge over Rio Grande River on Convent Avenue
History: Built 1956
Built: 1956
Location: Webb County
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325759
Photo taken by AMAPO
411145
Rio Grande River Bridge
Immigrants coming and going from Laredo, Texas & Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Postcard Image Provided by David Shedlock
Status: Destroyed by flooding
Location: 27.499257,-99.507485
Carries Footpath over Rio Grande
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Rio Grande on Footpath
History: Built in the 1880s; Destroyed April 28, 1905
Built: 1880
Location: Webb County
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325760
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1920
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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by the SMU Central University Libraries
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Foot and Wagon Bridge, Laredo Texas, 1899
Taken from Wikimedia Commons
Status: Destroyed by fire
Location: 27.490525,-99.482899
Carries Foot Traffic over Rio Grande River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss. Steel bridge, with treated wooden flooring
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Rio Grande River on Foot Traffic
History: Destroyed by Fire in 1920
Built: 1888
Location: Webb County
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411058
International Bridge @ Laredo, Texas
Picture apparently taken one day before the fire on April 26th.
1920 postcard image provided by David Shedlock
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
