KCS: Construction to Begin on Second U.S./Mexico Border Bridge (UPDATED)
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
KCS on Oct. 31 held a binational groundbreaking ceremony for a new rail bridge spanning the Rio Grande. Pictured: Officials in Laredo, Tex. (Photograph Courtesy of KCS)
Kansas City Southern (KCS) on Oct. 31 held a binational groundbreaking ceremony for a second international rail bridge spanning the Rio Grande River from Laredo, Tex., to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
![“Thanks to Secretary Pete [Buttigieg], USDOT, the Federal Railroad Administration and all our partners for making the S-Line passenger rail a reality!!” NCDOT Secretary Joey Hopkins said in a July 1 LinkedIn post. “Thanks to the hard work of our NCDOT team we broke ground on the first construction project in the Raleigh to Wake Forest segment, a $19M project to grade separate Durant Road 7 months after the grant announcement!!” (Photograph Courtesy of Joey Hopkins)](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/slinelead-315x168.png)
