U.S. Inspection Station-Laredo, Texas

100 Convent Ave., Laredo, Texas. County/parish: Webb.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 10, 2014. NRIS 14000600.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Convent Border Station
  • Gateway to Americas Bridge
  • Laredo Inspection Station

From Wikipedia:

Laredo Convent Avenue Port of Entry

The Laredo Convent Avenue Port of Entry is located at the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge (sometimes referred to as "Bridge I" or "Old Bridge" or "Convent Avenue Bridge"). Since 1889, a bridge connected Laredo, Texas with Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas at this location. For many years, this was the only crossing for vehicular and pedestrian traffic between the two cities.

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