Eagle Pass: US277 @ FM3443
Eagle Pass sits on the Rio Grande in southern Texas, where the United States meets the Mexican city of Piedras Negras. The city is one of Texas’s important border crossings, tied to Piedras Negras by international bridges used by pedestrians, passenger traffic and commercial vehicles. Its streets combine broad highway corridors, low-rise retail strips and neighbourhoods shaped by cross-border movement. Fort Duncan, established by the U.S. Army in 1849, recalls the settlement’s role on the nineteenth-century frontier; the former post is now a city park and historic site. Eagle Pass is also the county seat of Maverick County, a South Texas community closely linked to the river border and its Mexican neighbour.
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Few cities in Texas have a history as closely tied to the Rio Grande border as Eagle Pass. The city stands on the river’s north bank opposite Piedras Negras in Coahuila, making the international boundary part of daily life rather than a distant line on a map. Fort Duncan, established by the U.S. Army in 1849, recalls the military importance of this crossing in the decades after the Mexican-American War. Today Eagle Pass remains linked to its Mexican neighbour by international bridges, while its streets reflect the bilingual, cross-border character of South Texas. The surrounding terrain is dry brush country along the Rio Grande. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Eagle Pass and the Rio Grande border relate to their surroundings.
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