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Douglas, Arizona Port of Entry

Coordinates: 31°20′05″N 109°33′37″W / 31.334679°N 109.560374°W / 31.334679; -109.560374
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Douglas Arizona Port of Entry
Douglas Arizona Port of Entry, December 2001
Location
CountryUnited States
LocationFirst Street and Pan American Avenue, Douglas, Arizona 85607
Coordinates31°20′05″N 109°33′37″W / 31.334679°N 109.560374°W / 31.334679; -109.560374
Details
Opened1914
Phone(520) 364-8486
HoursOpen 24 Hours
Exit PortAgua Prieta, Sonora Mexico
Statistics
2011 Cars2,615,027
2011 Trucks29,883
Pedestrians1,030,357
Website
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/az/2601.xml
U.S. Inspection Station-Douglas, Arizona
MPSU.S. Border Inspection Stations MPS
NRHP reference No.14000242
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2014

The Douglas, Arizona Port of Entry has been in existence since about 1914. The current border inspection station was built in 1933, was significantly renovated and expanded by the General Services Administration in 1993, and was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The crossing is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. In 2015, this facility was renamed the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry"[1]

Original Douglas, Arizona border inspection station, as seen in 1916
Douglas, Arizona border station as seen in 1933

See also

References

  1. ^ Montoya, Aaliyah. "Douglas port renamed after former Arizona governor". Douglas Dispatch. Retrieved 2016-08-15.