List of Mexico–United States border crossings

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There are a number of crossings of the Mexico–United States border.

[edit] Road crossings

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[edit] California–Baja California

Traffic approaching the San Ysidro, California border inspection station

[edit] Arizona–Sonora

Mexican border inspection station at Naco, Sonora

[edit] New Mexico – Chihuahua

antelope wells photo
Antelope Wells, New Mexico Border Inspection Station

[edit] Texas–Chihuahua

El paso border station photo
El Paso, Texas Ysleta Border Inspection Station

[edit] Texas–Coahuila

Mexican border inspection station at Cuidad Acuna, Coahuila

[edit] Texas – Nuevo León

[edit] Texas–Tamaulipas

Rio Grande City, Texas border station 1999

[edit] Closed road crossings

photo of closed border crossing
Closed Mexican border station at Lochiel, Arizona
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This table includes only those roads where the governments of either the US or Mexico once had Customs or Immigration services.

Also included are places where certain legitimate vehiclular or vessel traffic has been permitted to cross the border in recent years.






Structure (if applicable) United States
road/highway		 United States
port of entry		 Mexico
road/highway		 Mexico
port of entry		 Notes
Virginia Avenue San Ysidro, California Via de la Juventud Oriente Tijuana, Baja California For many years, all trucks entering the U.S. from Tijuana were inspected at this border crossing just west of the Interstate 5 crossing. It closed in 1984 when the Otay Mesa, California crossing was completed, and where all truck traffic is now inspected.
Forest Gate Road Campo, California (unnamed road) Encinal, Baja California Once a popular crossing for tourists in the early 1900s, this crossing was permanently closed during World War II
San Miguel Road Sells, Arizona (unnamed road) El Bajio, Sonora This crossing, also known also as "the Gate" has never been a legal border crossing for most people. Nomadic Native Americans are permitted use this gate to traverse their land on both sides of the border.
Duquesne Road Lochiel, Arizona Carretera a la Noria Santa Cruz de Noria, Sonora Station of Nogales which closed around 1980 due to lack of traffic. Both border inspection buildings remain.
Anapra Road Sunland Park, New Mexico via Tonina Anapra, Chihuahua Border crossing was built in 1971 with funds from the NM and Juarez governments, with the vision of creating economic development by luring traffic from the busy El Paso crossings. However, with pressure by politicians from Texas who stood to lose liquor tax revenue, the US government refused to staff it. It is unclear if the port ever officially opened. The Mexican federal inspection canopy remains.
Hammett Boulevard El Paso, Texas Ave. Lincoln Juarez, Chihuahua When the waters of an 1897 Rio Grande flood receded, the river was found to have changed course, resulting in 386 acres of Mexican territory called "Cordova Island" situated north of the river. Boundary markers and a fence were eventually deployed. In 1959, a border crossing opened on the East side of the island. In 1963, Presidents Kennedy and Ordaz signed a treaty that settled the Chamizal Dispute which redistributed land in the area between the US and Mexico. The place where the Cordova crossing was located (which used to be the only Texas-Mexico border crossing not at the Rio Grande) now lies on Mexican land. The crossing closed in 1967 when the new Bridge of the Americas crossing opened where the new Rio Grande channel and boundary was established.[1]
La Linda International Bridge Ranch to Market Road 2627 La Linda, Texas La Linda, Coahuila Bridge crossing was closed in 1989, but the barricaded bridge remains. Mexico had a border inspection station but the US did not.
Trevino Street San Ygnacio, Texas (unnamed road) San Ignacio, Tamaulipas A motor boat served as a passenger ferry during the 1950s and 1960s.[2]
Zapata-Guerrero Bridge Zapata, Texas Guerrero, Tamaulipas Suspension toll bridge was built in 1931. In 1954, Falcon Dam was completed, leaving the old town of Zapata and what was left of the bridge at the bottom of the Falcon International Reservoir. A new town center was constructed on higher ground outside town.[3]
Thayer Bridge Mercedes, Texas Rio Rico, Tamaulipas The Thayer Bridge (also called the Rio Rico Bridge) was built in 1928 and was destroyed in a flood in 1941. It was located about 2 miles downstream from where the Progreso bridge would later be built. After its destruction, temporary service was provided by ferry and pontoon bridge, but all service had ended by 1946. In 1970, it was discovered that Rio Rico had actually been located on US soil all along.[4]

[edit] Rail crossings

Rail tracks on Avenida Adolfo López Mateos in Mexicali leading north to the border crossing at Calexico
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Baja California – California
Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
Ferrocarriles CZRY de Baja California Tijuana Carrizo Gorge Railway San Ysidro Operated along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway's Main Line.
Mexicali Calexico Rail tracks lie within the median of the road crossing from Mexican Federal Highway 5 to California State Route 111.
A Union Pacific train travels under a bridge in Nogales, Sonora headed to Arizona, 9 June 2007
Sonora – Arizona
Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
Nogales Nogales Rail tracks lie within the median of the road crossing.
Chihuahua – Texas
Structure Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
EP&SW bridge Ciudad Juárez El Paso There are two railroad bridges over the Rio Grande that lie to the west and east of Paso del Norte International Bridge.
Presidio–Ojinaga International Rail Bridge FXE Ojinaga TXPF Presidio Bridge is temporarily closed due to a fire.
Bridge of the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad as it appeared in the late 1960s
Coahuila – Texas
Structure Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge FXE Piedras Negras UP Eagle Pass
Tamaulipas – Texas
Structure Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge KCSM Nuevo Laredo TM Laredo
Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge FXE Matamoros UP Brownsville The road and rail bridges are adjacent, go by the same name, and are partially owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.[5]

[edit] Closed rail crossings

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The El Paso City Lines (subsidiary of National City Lines) trolley leaves the border headed to Juárez in the 1960s
Baja California – California
Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
Ferrocarriles CZRY de Baja California Tecate Carrizo Gorge Railway & Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Campo The museum's Ticket to Tecate passenger train service was suspended in January 2010 due to a fire in tunnel #3.[6] This crossing lies along the SD&AE's Desert Line.
Sonora – Arizona
Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
Ferromex Naco Naco The Ferrocarril Naco-Cananea was built around 1900 as a mining railroad. The rail line used to lie between South Pratt Avenue and South Friend Drive in Arizona.
Agua Prieta Phelps Dodge Douglas Rail tracks lie just to the west of Avenida Ferrocarril (Railway Avenue) in Agua Prieta and to the west of Pan American Avenue (U.S. Route 191) in Douglas. The line was used by the Phelps Dodge Corporation for mineral transport. Jesús García died along this line in 1907.
Chihuahua – Texas
Structure Mexico
rail company		 Mexico
nearest community		 United States
rail company		 United States
nearest community		 Notes
Ciudad Juárez National City Lines El Paso Trolley line ran through city streets including the border crossing until the late 1960s.
Presidio–Ojinaga International Rail Bridge FXE Ojinaga TXPF Presidio Bridge is temporarily closed due to a fire and is expected to reopen.

[edit] Ferry crossings

Hand-Pulled International Ferry at Los Ebanos, Texas (view from Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas Mexico)
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Tamaulipas – Texas
Waterway Ferry company Mexico
ferry terminal		 United States
ferry terminal		 Notes
Rio Grande Los Ebanos Ferry Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Los Ebanos This is a hand operated cable ferry.
Veracruz – Alabama
Waterway Ferry company Mexico
ferry terminal		 United States
ferry terminal		 Notes
Gulf of Mexico CG Railway Ferrosur Port of Coatzacoalcos in Coatzacoalcos Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks in Mobile MV Bali Sea and MV Banda Sea are train ferries that ply the 1,400-kilometre (870 mi) route carrying freight railcars.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Morales, Fred (2002). Cordova Island, El Paso/Juarez Historical Museum, El Paso, TX.
  2. ^ Fish, Jean Y (1989). Brief History of San Ygnacio, p. 21b. Zapata County Historical Commission, Zapata, TX.
  3. ^ http://www.zapatausa.com/zapatahistory.html
  4. ^ Grubb, Roda. The Strange Case of Rio Rico. http://www.tomesparza.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/RioRico.pdf
  5. ^ "Brownsville & Matamoros Express Bridge". http://www.expressbridge.com/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
  6. ^ "Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Tecate Excursion". http://www.sdrm.org/events/tecate/. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
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