(Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Dec.2024) — Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) completed construction of the new international railway bridge span over the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
Completion of the project more than doubles the capacity to move freight through the border at the largest international trade port of entry in North America, CPKC president and CEO Keith Creel said 17 Dec. 2024 in an official company statement.
“This is an important milestone that keeps Laredo-Nuevo Laredo at the center of North American trade, allowing the secure and efficient movement of more imports and exports across the US-Mexico border,” Creel said.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) broke ground on the project in late-2022. Built to accommodate growing trade between the US and its largest trading partner, Mexico, the rail bridge now will be known as the Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge.
The name of the bridge honors the last president and CEO of KCS, Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, who passed away in Jul. 2024.
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By Fidencio Casillas reporting from Mexico City. © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
