US-Mexico rail crossing receives final report before highly anticipated construction — here's what we know

US-Mexico rail crossing receives final report before highly anticipated construction — here's what we know

Two new planned bridges across the Rio Grande have come a step closer to reality as a federal agency issued its final environmental impact report on the project.  The project includes proposals for a new rail bridge and a new road bridge for commercial motor vehicles, both of which would cross the Rio Grande, the famous river known more commonly as the Rio Bravo in Mexico, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.  The proposed rail bridge woul…