Editing Harlingen, Texas (section)

==Transportation==
===Airports===
The city's airport, [[Valley International Airport]], has a service area that encompasses the lower Rio Grande Valley and northern Mexico, serving more than two million people on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Valley International Airport lies in the northeastern portion of Harlingen and offers a border-crossing option via the [[Free Trade International Bridge|Free Trade Bridge]] at [[Los Indios, Texas|Los Indios]]. The airport has aligned itself as the air cargo hub of the Rio Grande Valley and works closely with carriers such as DHL, FedEx and Southwest Airlines Cargo. In 1975, [[Southwest Airlines]] began to fly to the Rio Grande Valley via Valley International Airport with four roundtrips each business day. Southwest currently offers nonstop flights between Harlingen and Austin and Houston Hobby. Additional airlines that serve the airport include [[United Express]] to Houston Intercontinental, [[American Airlines]] with daily nonstop service to Dallas DFW, [[Frontier Airlines]] with weekly nonstop service to Chicago and Denver, and [[Delta Air Lines]] and [[Sun Country Airlines]] with seasonal, nonstop service to Minneapolis-St. Paul.

===Public transit===
The city is working to build a public transit center as a hub for bus lines to Harlingen. The project is currently on hold due to funding issues.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Del Valle |first1=Fernando |title=TX: Multi-million-dollar project to build Harlingen's first public transit center hits big snag |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/technology/facilities/news/53058660/tx-multimilliondollar-project-to-build-harlingens-first-public-transit-center-hits-big-snag |access-date=1 May 2023 |work=www.masstransitmag.com |date=27 April 2023 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Highways===
The city of Harlingen is at the junction of [[U.S. Route 77]] and [[U.S. Route 83]], designated as [[Interstate 69E]] and [[Interstate 2]], respectively. Interstate 69E runs through north–south through Harlingen, while the city serves as the eastern terminus of Interstate 2. U.S. Route 77 connects the Rio Grande Valley to [[Interstate 37]] at [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]. U.S. Route 83 connects the Rio Grande Valley with [[Interstate 35 in Texas|Interstate 35]] at [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]].

===International trade bridges===
The Free Trade Bridge at Los Indios is a state-of-the-art international bridge located just {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Harlingen. With a full [[U.S. Customs]] inspection facility that accommodates up to 75 trucks simultaneously, the Free Trade Bridge is acclaimed as the most time-efficient border crossing in the valley. The bridge accesses a four-lane highway in northern Mexico, offering a fast route to the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa, as well as the industrial city of [[Monterrey]]. With the completion of Mexico's State of [[Tamaulipas]] new '[[List of Mexican autopistas|autopista]]', the Free Trade Bridge will provide a seamless highway connection for more efficient distribution of industrial products to and from interior Mexico.

===Ports===
The [[Port of Harlingen]] is located {{convert|4|mi|abbr=on}} east of Harlingen on Highway 106. It is {{convert|25|mi|abbr=on}} west of mile marker 646 on the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]], which stretches from the Mexican border at Brownsville, along the entire coast of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to [[St. Marks, Florida]]. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway provides over {{convert|1300|mi|km}} of protected waterway, {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}} deep and {{convert|125|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide. The [[Harlingen Channel]] is maintained to a width of {{convert|125|ft|m}} and a depth of {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}} and is supplied by the [[Arroyo Colorado]], a freshwater river.

===Railroads===
[[Union Pacific Railroad]] has a local terminal and switching yard in Harlingen. The Harlingen Industrial Parks and Port of Harlingen have direct rail access. Harlingen has a rich history as a railroad town. The Southern Pacific depot has been razed, but it was one of four SP depots in the Rio Grande Valley (the others are Brownsville, now a museum; McAllen, now a law office; and Edinburg, now the home of the Chamber of Commerce).

Harlingen was served by the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] [[sleeping car|night train]] on a [[Houston]], Texas-[[Brownsville, Texas]] route, the ''Pioneer'' (#315/316) until 1964 and day train on that route, the ''[[Valley Eagle]]'' (#321/322) until 1962.<ref>December 1960 Missouri Pacific Railroad, Tables T, 15</ref>