Cameron County entered into an agreement to purchase the Brownsville-Matamoros International Bridge, according to a news release.

The county has been negotiating with bridge owners Brownsville & Matamoros Bridge Company for two years to purchase the bridge, the news release stated.

“Securing the Brownsville & Matamoros Bridge Company is a transformative moment for Cameron County,” Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. said in a statement “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, which has a tremendously positive impact on Cameron County and the entire Rio Grande Valley.”

According to the news release, the Brownsville & Matamoros Bridge Company wa

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