The Way It Used to Be: La Linda Bridge

[presidio]

i can't wait for january of 2009, so we can have a new lot of inept, self-promoting, corrupt, and disengaged imbeciles take the place of the current lot of inept, self-promoting, corrupt, and disengaged imbeciles.  

Ain't professional politics great? Doesn't matter what party...they go in with high ideals and promises and leave office one step ahead of the indictments with little to show.

While there are a few politicians of high character, most appear to be in the game for the money to be made.

[Casa Grande]

 Just keep in mind this Book: The Call of the Mountains. Everything is explained in this book, with detail if i may add.

Homero, you're so right...if everyone read this book with an open mind, things would be very different.......wha t to do, what to do....write your rep?  :lol:  :roll:

[SHANEA]

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/78R/analysis/html/HC00186E.htm

SRC-VRA H.C.R. 186 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center   H.C.R. 186
By: Gallego (Madla)
International Relations and Trade
5/22/2003
Engrossed
DIGEST
In 1962, Pub. L. No. 87-525 authorized the construction of an
international bridge across the Rio Grande to join Heath Canyon in Texas
with the village of La Linda, Coahuila, Mexico, for the purpose of
transporting refined ore into the United States from nearby mills in
Mexico and to one day facilitate the movement of tourists interested in
visiting the Sierra del Carmen mountain areas across from Big Bend
National Park.  Since the bridge was constructed, the Texas Department of
Transportation has, without interruption, maintained Farm-to-Market Road
2627 as a paved two-lane highway for a 28-mile stretch connecting the
bridge to United States Highway 385, which leads from that junction
southward to Big Bend National Park and northward 40 miles to Marathon and United States Highway 90.  La Linda Bridge, also known as the Hallie
Stillwell Memorial Bridge, is still in place and is in good repair but
cannot be crossed by vehicles or pedestrians because of barriers and the
placement of "no trespassing" signs at the bridge since 1997 pursuant to
orders issued by the governments of the United States of America and the
Republic of Mexico.  The La Linda international crossing is the only
bridge structure in place and the only point of entry authorized by public
law between the United States ports of entry at Presidio and Del Rio, a
distance of 385 miles.  The principal owner of the United States section
of the international bridge at La Linda, the National Parks Conservation
Association, is prepared to donate its interest in the bridge and
associated properties to the State of Texas through the  General Land
Office so that the bridge may be reopened and operated as a legal border
crossing.  The tourism industries serving scenic and recreational areas
joined by this bridge, including the Big Bend mountains of Texas and the
Sierra del Carmen mountains of Northwest Coahuila, wish to promote,
accommodate, and economically benefit from cross border tourism but are
unable to implement those objectives if the La Linda crossing is not
functioning. The safety of tourists wishing to enjoy the area, the
binational scientific cooperation called for under existing international
agreements, and the security and public safety of communities and citizens on both sides of the international border would be enhanced by a
functioning border crossing at La Linda.  The State of Coahuila and the
commissioners court of Brewster County, respectively represented by the
Instituto de Turismo and the Big Bend Border Council and joined by a
coalition of local residents and the Big Bend National Park
Superintendent, have twice requested that the Binational Bridges and
Border Crossings working group, which is convened semiannually by the
United States Department of State and the Mexican Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, take the necessary actions to have the bridge and border crossing at La Linda reopened by the United States and Mexican federal governments.  The working group, composed of United States and Mexican federal authorities responsible for authorizing international ports of entry and required inspections along the international boundary, will
convene again in the coming months to consider action on either reopening the bridge at La Linda or ordering its removal.  It is in the economic, cultural, and security interest of the State of Texas and the homeland security interest of the United States of America to have a functioning border crossing station under the management and control of trained and equipped law enforcement and public safety officials in the extensive area known as the Big Bend.

PURPOSE
H.C.R. 186 submits the following proposals:
Provides that the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby express
its support and encouragement for the reopening of the bridge and border
crossing at La Linda to accommodate trade and tourism between Texas and Coahuila, Mexico, and to better protect residents of both  countries and secure the protection of our nation from threats that might be associated with the illegal crossing of individuals or materials with a lethal
intent.  Provides that the legislature hereby urges the General Land
Office to proceed expeditiously with the due diligence needed to make a
determination regarding acceptance of an ownership interest in La Linda
Bridge by the State of Texas.  Additionally it requests that the governor,
the Texas Department of Transportation, the secretary of state, the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the Parks and Wildlife
Department, the Texas Department of Economic Development, the Texas
Historical Commission, and other appropriate state agencies render
encouragement and assistance to the General Land Office as it proceeds in
this matter and render encouragement and assistance as well to Brewster
County and to private and public advocates for tourism in the Big Bend in
their efforts to develop a regional tourism economy in conjunction with a
reopened bridge at La Linda.  Provides that the legislature hereby calls
upon the United States Department of State to communicate the interest of the State of Texas in this matter to the government of the Republic of
Mexico and to all other parties participating in decisions relating to
either reopening or removing the bridge at La Linda.  Likewise, it
provides that the legislature respectfully memorialize the Congress of the
United States to initiate whatever actions are needed to reopen La Linda
Bridge as a border crossing.  Finally it requests the Texas secretary of
state forward official copies of this resolution to the president of the
United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and the
president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all members
of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial
to the Congress of the United States of America.

[saintyukon]

I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.  As you are probably aware photosite,com has been shutdown and the pictures have been moved to snapfish.com.

At the present time I'm in the process of putting these pictures plus some of my other pictures on Google Earth; these pictures will be visible after the staff at Google Earth finishes reviewing them.

[SHANEA]

As you are probably aware photosite,com has been shutdown and the pictures have been moved to snapfish.com.

Yes, really enjoyed the pics.  thanks.  What is the url of the pics @ snapfish.com?  Then our distinguished and illustrious moderator can update the URL at the start of this thread.  Thanks...   

[saintyukon]

Unfortunately it appears that Snapfish.com does not have the ability to share photos like photosite,com.  However, the photos will be available on Google Earth in the next several months. 

Also, I think this website has the option that will allow photos to be posted, if it does I will post them here.

[SHANEA]

Also, I think this website has the option that will allow photos to be posted, if it does I will post them here.

Please see this thread on how to post pictures at big bend chat.

[saintyukon]

It appears this website is limiting the number of photographs it is allowing to be posted, but I'll reread the link on how to post photographs. 

However, if you go to http://www.panoramio.com  and do a search on La Linda and select Mexico you will be able to see the photographs
or
if you go to http://www.panoramio.com/map/  and select the region of the world you wish to see you will see all the photographs for that region.

At the present time www.panoramio.com contains over 5 million photographs.   Also, www.panoramio.com is the website that allows you to post photographs to Google Earth.

[RichardM]

It appears this website is limiting the number of photographs it is allowing to be posted, but I'll reread the link on how to post photographs. 

However, if you go to http://www.panoramio.com  and do a search on La Linda and select Mexico you will be able to see the photographs
or
if you go to http://www.panoramio.com/map/  and select the region of the world you wish to see you will see all the photographs for that region.

At the present time www.panoramio.com contains over 5 million photographs.   Also, www.panoramio.com is the website that allows you to post photographs to Google Earth.

This site is only limited in how many pictures/files you can attach to a single post.  You can embed as many as you'd like using the IMG tags, assuming the pics are already available online somehwere (like here, for example).

Panoramio.com: La Linda initially showed 0 photos.  After zooming out a bit, it showed these four:


http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2108725


http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1634657


http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1077054


http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1573889

P.S.  http://www.panoramio.com is registered to Google.

[saintyukon]

Under tags try "La Linda Mexico" and please let me know if they are visible.  The reason why I'm seeing the pictures and you are not may be because I'm a member of Panoramio.com and the pictures belong to me.

[RichardM]

Under tags try "La Linda Mexico" and please let me know if they are visible.  The reason why I'm seeing the pictures and you are not may be because I'm a member of Panoramio.com and the pictures belong to me.

http://www.panoramio.com/tags/la+linda+mexico/ shows seven pictures (click on thumbnail for web page with picture):

[saintyukon]

I'm glad you was able to locate them.  If you'd like for me to add an additional tag to make it easier to find the pictures, please let know

After you click on the picture, if you click on Picture location (see this area) you will be able to see all the pictures available in that location and if you zoom out or zoom in you can increase or decrease the number of pictures available.  You can also change the location to view the pictures at that location.  Also, if you click on the name of the person that took the pictures you will be able to see all of their pictures.

[RichardM]

I'm glad you was able to locate them.  If you'd like for me to add an additional tag to make it easier to find the pictures, please let know

After you click on the picture, if you click on Picture location (see this area) you will be able to see all the pictures available in that location and if you zoom out or zoom in you can increase or decrease the number of pictures available.  You can also change the location to view the pictures at that location.  Also, if you click on the name of the person that took the pictures you will be able to see all of their pictures.

You'd think that since it's Google's site that you'd be able to seach for "La Linda, Mexico" or "La Linda Mexico" as a place and it'd find it.  Guess the Google guys have some more work still to do...

Also strange that your pics show up when the see this area link is clicked, but not when from the search for La Linda as a place instead of tags.  Maybe that'll change once your pics are reviewed.

Also, it appears you can't believe everything their help pop-ups say:


Maybe Google subcontracted out the work to Micro$oft. 

[saintyukon]

I agree.  It takes a little time to get use to the site, but after a while it becomes second nature.

The thing that bothers me is that you can't use a comma when creating a tag.

On another topic I'd like some assistance in locating the exact location of other pictures, I took in 1992 so I can add them to Google Earth.

If I remember correctly there was a small parking area on both sides of the road.  I thought I took the picture on highway 170 just west of Lajitas, but I can't find anything on Google Earth that resembles the area as I remember it.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate. 

The pictures can be seen at:
http://www.panoramio.com/tags/1992+mountain+lion+sign/

thank you.

[RichardM]

On another topic I'd like some assistance in locating the exact location of other pictures, I took in 1992 so I add them to Google Earth.

If I remember correctly there was a small parking area on both sides of the road.  I thought I took the picture on highway 170 just west of Lajitas, but I can't find anything on Google Earth that resembles the area as I remember it.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate. 

The pictures can be seen at:
http://www.panoramio.com/tags/1992+mountain+lion+sign/

thank you.

Followups to this question have been moved to the Panther sign location? topic in the Q&A forum.