Gladys Porter Zoo
Ringgold and 6th Street
Tel (956) 546-2177 and 546-7178
Open: 9-5
seven days a week
Entrance: Adults
$ 4, Children $ 2 (not verified)
Ranked as one of the ten best zoos in the
country, this zoo is home to more than 1,800 mammals, reptiles and birds
from five continents.
Matamoros
Matamoros is just across the river and
boasts a population of more than 500,000. Click on Matamoros for more information
Port of Brownsville.
Ten miles northeast of downtown on intersection
TX 48 and FM 511
Tel (956) 831-4592 (Brownsville Navigation
District)
This 44,000 acre port handles more than
5 million tons of cargo every year. Opening into the Gulf of Mexico, this
17 mile ship channel is considered a deep sea port and serves both the
Rio Grande Valley and Mexico.
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