The Port of Brownsville held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for the nearly two-mile-long South Port Connector Road, which officially opens to traffic on March 7.

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A view of the newly constructed South Port Connector Road that will connect from the Port of Brownsville to Texas State Highway 4 Friday morning during an official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Port of Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
A view of the newly constructed South Port Connector Road that will connect from the Port of Brownsville to Texas State Highway 4 Friday morning during an official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Port of Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
A view of the newly constructed South Port Connector Road that will connect from the Port of Brownsville to Texas State Highway 4 Friday morning during an official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Port of Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
A view of the newly constructed South Port Connector Road that will connect from the Port of Brownsville to Texas State Highway 4 Friday morning during an official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Port of Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
The Port of Brownsville host an official South Port Connector Road Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Friday morning, which will connect to Texas State Highway 4. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
Port of Brownsville Port Director and CEO Eduardo A. Campirano welcomes guest and dignitaries to the official ribbon cutting ceremony of the South Port Connector Road Friday morning at the Port of Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
The Port of Brownsville host an official South Port Connector Road Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Friday morning, which will connect to Texas State Highway 4. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
The Port of Brownsville host an official South Port Connector Road Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Friday morning, which will connect to Texas State Highway 4. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
The Port of Brownsville host an official South Port Connector Road Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Friday morning, which will connect to Texas State Highway 4. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
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