Mexico plans major expansion of busiest cross-border truck crossing

The Mexican state of Tamaulipas plans to begin work by the end of the year on a major expansion of the World Trade Bridge in Nuevo Laredo, a project aimed at increasing truck capacity and speeding freight flows through one of North America’s busiest freight corridors. Tamaulipas Secretary of Public Works Pedro Cepeda Anaya said construction on the Puente Internacional Nuevo Laredo III, commonly known as the World Trade Bridge, is scheduled to begin during the second half of 2026, according to a news release . The project calls for widening the bridge’s existing structure from eight to 10 lanes and constructing a parallel eight-lane span. Once completed, the crossing will have 18 lanes dedicated to commercial cargo traffic. The expansion would more than double the bridge’s current lane capacity as freight volumes continue to grow between the United States and Mexico.