Laredo: The Largest Inland Port in the United States
Laredo sits on the north bank of the Rio Grande in Webb County, directly across from Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city holds approximately 255,000 residents. Founded in 1755 as a Spanish villa, Laredo is one of the oldest continuously occupied European settlements on the western shore of the Gulf and the only Texas city to have flown seven flags, adding the flag of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840 to the customary six.
Commerce between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo dominates the regional economy. Four international bridges cross the Rio Grande within the city, and the World Trade International Bridge alone handles more truck traffic than any other land crossing in the Western Hemisphere. Laredo processes roughly 40 percent of all U.S.-Mexico surface trade by value, making it the highest-volume inland port in the United States. Manufacturing components move south to maquiladoras, while finished goods return north through the same crossings.
Texas A&M International University, established in its current form in 1995, enrolls around 8,400 students on a campus on the north side of the city. The Laredo College, founded as Laredo Junior College in 1947, occupies a historic campus on the Fort McIntosh grounds along the Rio Grande.
In Laredo, escort websites with local availability appear in the Escortservice.com directory. Escortservice.com is a directory. Bookings, verifications, and mediation fall outside what the site does. Only visitors who are at least 21 may use the directory.
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Laredo sits on the north bank of the Rio Grande in Webb County, directly across from Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city holds approximately 255,000 residents. Founded in 1755 as a Spanish villa, Laredo is one of the oldest continuously occupied European settlements on the western shore of the Gulf and the only Texas city to have flown seven flags, adding the flag of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840 to the customary six.
Commerce between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo dominates the regional economy. Four international bridges cross the Rio Grande within the city, and the World Trade International Bridge alone handles more truck traffic than any other land crossing in the Western Hemisphere. Laredo processes roughly 40 percent of all U.S.-Mexico surface trade by value, making it the highest-volume inland port in the United States. Manufacturing components move south to maquiladoras, while finished goods return north through the same crossings.
Texas A&M International University, established in its current form in 1995, enrolls around 8,400 students on a campus on the north side of the city. The Laredo College, founded as Laredo Junior College in 1947, occupies a historic campus on the Fort McIntosh grounds along the Rio Grande.
In Laredo, escort websites with local availability appear in the Escortservice.com directory. Escortservice.com is a directory. Bookings, verifications, and mediation fall outside what the site does. Only visitors who are at least 21 may use the directory.
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