Downtown Laredo

Place in Texas, United States

Downtown Laredo
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Webb County
City	Laredo
Elevation	450 ft (140 m)
ZIP codes	78040, 78042
Area code	956

Downtown Laredo is the second main business district in Laredo, Texas. Downtown Laredo is the starting point for Interstate Highway 35 and State Highway 359. It is home to all of Laredo's high-rise buildings. Laredo's and Webb County's main government buildings are located in Downtown Laredo. Most of Webb County's National Register of Historic Places are in this area.

Location

Downtown Laredo is located in South Central Laredo, Texas at the terminus of Interstate Highway 35. On the opposite side of the Rio Grande, Downtown Nuevo Laredo is located. Downtown Laredo is roughly bounded by I-35 on the East, the Rio Grande on the South and West and Park Street in the North. This area was the original city of Laredo, founded in 1755 by Don Tomás Sanchez.

Points of interest

Points of interest in Downtown Laredo are:

Educational
- Laredo Community College Fort McIntosh campus
Financial
- Laredo National Bank headquarters
- International Bank of Commerce headquarters
Historical according to the National Register of Historic Places^[1]
- Barrio Azteca Historic District
- Fort Mcintosh
- Hamilton Hotel
- Laredo Federal Building
- Republic of the Rio Grande Museum
- San Agustin Cathedral
- San Agustin Historical District
- Webb County Courthouse
Retail
- El Portal Center mall
- Streets of Laredo Urban Mall
Transportation
- Gateway to the Americas International Bridge
- Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge
Other
- Rio Grande

Gallery

Duty-free zone
Laredo National Bank HQ
Rio grande Plaza Hotel
Webb County Courthouse
Former Plaza Theater in downtown Laredo

References

^ National Register of Historic Places in Webb County

City of Laredo

Attractions
and sports

Business

History

Geography

Education

Tertiary	Laredo College Texas A&M International University UT Health Science Center Laredo Campus
K-12	Laredo ISD Dr. Leonides G. Cigarroa HS Joseph W. Nixon HS Raymond & Tirza Martin HS Dr. Dennis D. Cantu Health Science Magnet Vidal M. Treviño Sch of Communications and Fine Arts Lara FS Academy United ISD John B. Alexander HS Lyndon B. Johnson HS United HS United South HS

Mass media

Newspapers	English Laredo Morning Times LareDOS Zapata Times Spanish El Diario de Nuevo Laredo El Mañana Primera Hora Última Hora
Television	XHLNA Azteca Uno–HD 1.1 XHLNA-TDT2 ADN 1.2 XHLAR Las Estrellas–HD 2.1 XHCTNL Imagen TV–HD 3.1 XHCTNL Excelsiór TV 3.4 XHBR Las Estrellas–HD 4.1 XHBR Canal 5 5.1 XHNAT Multimedios–HD 6.1 XHNAT-TDT2 Milenio TV 6.2 XHNAT-TDT3 Teleritmo 6.3 XHNAT-TDT4 MVS 6.4 XHLAT Azteca 7–HD 7.1 XHLAT a+ 7.2 KGNS NBC–HD 8.1 KGNS-DT2 ABC–HD 8.2 KGNS-DT3 Telemundo–HD 8.3 KGNS-DT5 TCN 8.5 KXNU-LD Telemundo–HD 10.1 KYLX CBS–HD 13.1 KYLX-LD2 CW 13.2 KLMV MeTV 15.1 KLMV-LD2 Estrella TVs 15.2 KLMV-LD3 Movies! 15.3 KLMV-LD4 JTV 15.4 XEFE Televisa local 17.1 KLDO Univision–HD 27.1 KLDO-DT2 LATV 27.2 KLDO-DT3 TBD 27.3 KLDO-DT4 Stadium 27.4 KLDO-DT5 Court TV 27.5 KXOF-CD Fox–HD 31.1 KXOF-CD2 Grit 31.2 KXOF-CD3 Laff 31.3 KETF-CD UniMás–HD 39.1 KETF-CD2 Comet 39.2 KETF-CD3 Charge! 39.3 KETF-CD4 Azteca America–HD 39.4
Radio	AM 790 XEFE 890 KVOZ 960 XEK 1000 XENLT 1090 XEWL 1300 KLAR 1340 XEBK 1370 XEGNK 1410 XEAS 1490 KLNT 1550 XENU FM 88.1 KHOY 88.9 XHLDO 89.9 KBNL 91.3 XHNOE 92.7 KJBZ 94.1 XHTLN 94.9 KQUR 95.7 XHBK 97.1 XHNLO 98.1 KRRG 99.3 XHNK 101.5 XHAS 102.3 XHMW 103.3 XHAHU 104.9 XHNLR 106.1 KNEX 106.5 La Tremenda 107.3 XHGTS

Transportation

International bridges	Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Colombia – Solidarity International Bridge
Highways	I-35 I-35 Bus. I-69W Proposed I-2 US 59 US 83 SH 255 SH 359 Loop 20 Spur 260 Spur 400 FM 1472 FM 3338
Transit	El Metro Transit El Aguila
Airport	Laredo International Airport