Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras International Bridge

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| name = Eagle Pass – Piedras Negras International Bridge

| native_name = Puente Piedras Negras-Eagle Pass

| native_name_lang = es

| image = Eagle Pass International Bridge IMG 0267.JPG

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| caption = The American side of the Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Bridge

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| carries = {{jct|country=USA|US|57}} / {{jct|country=MEX|FH|57}}

| crosses = Rio Grande

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| Eagle Pass, Texas, United States

| Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico

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| official_name = Eagle Pass Bridge 1

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| named_for = Eagle Pass

| owner = Port of Eagle Pass

| maint = Port of Eagle Pass

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| width = 2 lanes

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| open = 1927

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| rebuilt = 1954

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| Non-Commercial Vehicles:

| {{in5|3}} {{US$|4|link=yes}} (southbound){{Cite web|url=https://www.eaglepasstx.us/206/Services-Tolls|title = Services & Tolls | Eagle Pass, TX}}

| {{in5|3}} MXN$30 (northbound){{cite web|url=https://pot.capufe.mx/gobmx/transparencia/Doc/TransparenciaF/Tarifas/Historicas/2021/Tarifas_VIGENTES_1_agosto_2021.pdf|title=RED FONADIN: TARIFAS-VIGENTES 2021 (CON IVA)|website=Caminos y Puentes Federales}}

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| {{in5|3}} {{US$|5}}/axle (southbound)

| {{in5|3}} MXN$60 (northbound)

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| {{in5|3}} {{US$|1}} (southbound)

| {{in5|3}} MXN$5 (northbound)

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The Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras International Bridge is an international bridge that crosses the Rio Grande and connects the United States-Mexico border cities of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila. The bridge is also known as "Eagle Pass Bridge 1" and "Puente Piedras Negras-Eagle Pass".[http://www.dot.state.tx.us/services/transportation_planning_and_programming/border_crossings_study/crossings/eaglepass.htm TxDOT Transportation Planning; Border Crossings] The road continues into Eagle Pass as U.S. Route 57, and into Piedras Negras as Mexican Federal Highway 57.

Description

The American side of the Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras International Bridge is currently owned by the Port of Eagle Pass, which also manages and maintains it. The bridge was originally constructed in 1927 and reconstructed in 1954, after the original bridge was destroyed by a flood; the bridge was reinforced in 1985. The bridge is two lanes wide and {{convert|1855|ft|m}} long.

Border crossing

The Eagle Pass Port of Entry was established around 1896. The first carriage bridge connecting Eagle Pass with Piedras Negras (then known as Ciudad Porfirio Díaz) was built in April 1890, but was destroyed in a flood in September 1890.{{cite web|url=http://www.eaglepass.lib.tx.us/revolution.html|title=Timeline of Eagle Pass History|work=Eagle Pass Public Library|accessdate=12 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310152751/http://www.eaglepass.lib.tx.us/revolution.html|archive-date=10 March 2012|url-status=dead}} The bridge was soon replaced by the Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras International Bridge, and was again rebuilt in 1927 and 1954.

The original port facility was rebuilt in 1927 and was replaced by the current facility in 1960.