Cameron County intends to purchase Union Pacific Railroad’s ownership stake in the Brownsville & Matamoros Bridge Company, bringing the century-old crossing under county control to expand oversight of cross-border trade and travel.
The deal, announced Wednesday, is expected to close in late 2025 or early 2026 and will fold the B&M Bridge into the county’s International Bridge System, which already manages the Gateway, Free Trade, and Veterans bridges. Together, those crossings supported more than 5.6 million travelers and over $20 billion in trade in 2024.
While Cameron County officials have yet to disclose the price tag, Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. said the acquisition is more than a historic milestone, noting negotiations began about two years ago.
“Securing the Brownsville & Matamoros Bridge Company is a transformative moment for Cameron County,” Treviño said in a news release Wednesday. “We’re preserving a vital piece of binational infrastructure and deepening our partnership with Mexico to support bi-national transportation, commerce, tourism, and cultural exchange.”
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Naxi Lopez-Puente
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Naxiely López, managing editor of the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal, is a veteran Valley journalist who reported and served as metro editor at The Monitor. She later led programs and partnerships at Mission EDC, giving her on-the-ground insight into regional growth. A Valley native raised in South Texas, she brings a deep working knowledge of how the RGV does business.
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