Gateway International Bridge is one of three international bridges that cross the U.S.-Mexico border between the cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Brownsville is a city in and the County seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is owned and operated by Cameron County. Cameron County is the southernmost County located in the US state of Texas. Over the past century, it has developed the nickname of "The New Bridge" when the bridge was remodeled back in the 20th century. Despite the fact that the Veteran's International Bridge is newer than Gateway, it still retains its nickname. Veteran's International Bridge (Puente Internacional Gral Ignacio Zaragoza is one of three international bridges that span the Mexico-U
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Gateway is located in Downtown Brownsville and a block from the University of Texas at Brownsville. The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, frequently abbreviated and called UTB/TSC or UTB-TSC, is an educational institution located It is the most used international bridge in the city for pedestrian crossings. People on the US side wanting to go to Mexico can simply park their car on the US side, walk over to Mexico and have access to several tourist attractions in Matamoros. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. People on the Mexican side are able to walk over to the United States and have access to hundreds of retail outlets in Downtown Brownsville.
Brownsville Urban System, Brownsville's Mass Transit system, has its central bus station located three blocks from Gateway. The Brownsville Urban System or "BUS" for short is a mass transit system based in and serving Brownsville TX.