Staff

Eagle Pass Celestino Hernandez, Representative for TxDOT, announced that October 8th will be the first day that the second phase of Loop 480 will be open to the public from International Bridge II to the juncture of Highway 57. The site for the ribbon cutting has not yet been set, and it could very well occur at the highest point of the new phase which is at the juncture at El Indio Highway. The project which has been in the works for the past year, will be a welcomed avenue to divert traffic on El Indio Highway and may even be an alternate route for motorists interested in accessing the second international bridge, the golf course or even the casino if they are coming from Piedras Negras or beyond. Whatever the case may be, it shows the progress of Eagle Pass and Maverick County in what will forever be known as the era of major growth in our area of South Texas and could be the beginning of major economic progress to the South Side of Eagle Pass as it can only be projected that businesses and residential subdivisions begin to pop up on either side of this byway, especially with the impending construction of a new highway to Laredo. This highway will alleviate many existing traffic problems, especially in terms of commercial vehicles coming into the country. The new byway will eventually connect International Bridge II to Del Rio Highway 277 in the not to distant future.