Thanks for clarifying this, Lowell. Yes, this does
make more sense from a practical aspect. But it also
adds a level of variability to the exact 3-D shape of
the border (i.e.: people and cars move, the 3-D border
surface moves with them) that I don't recall seeing
elswhere.
--- "Lowell G. McManus" <
mcmanus71496@...> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> You've almost got it.
>
> Not only the physical substance of the MXUS bridges,
> but also persons and
> traffic upon them are governed by the established
> boundary monuments on the
> bridges. Anything or anyone not on the bridges (in
> the air above or on the
> ground or water below) is governed by the current
> location of the middle of the
> main channel of the river. This is by the 1970
> treaty.
>
> If it were otherwise, the wording on the bridge
> monuments and signs would be
> meaningless to their readers if those readers had to
> look off the bridge
> (perhaps in darkness) and estimate the location of
> the middle of the river.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Israel Army Proposes to
> Create Enclaves
>
>
> >
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/10911
> > Due to the changing course of the river, the
> > bordermarker on the bridge is now directly over
> land
> > on the northern/US bank of the Rio Grande. The
> bridge
> > itself and its supports are Mexican all the way up
> > until the marker. But for everything else, the
> border
> > is the middle of the river. So for instance, you
> > could be standing on the bridge say 2 feet south
> of
> > the bordermarker. Directly beneath you is a
> sovereign
> > Mexican bridge. But beneath and above that is
> > soverign US airspace and land on the north bank of
> the
> > Rio grande. You are in the US even though you are
> > south of the marker. Only the physical bridge is
> in
> > Mexico. But you can not be in Mexico this way
> since
> > you would have to occupy the same physical space
> as
> > the bridge at the same time, which is, of course,
> > impossible. If you were on the bridge and wanted
> to
> > visit Mexico, you would have to walk further south
> > until you pass the middle of the river. This is
> how I
> > understand the situation to be.
> > -Mike
>
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