Pacific Highway Border Crossing

Pacific Highway Border Crossing
The US border inspection station at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing
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Location
Country	United States; Canada
Location	US Port: 9901 Pacific Highway, Blaine, WA 98230 Canadian Port: 28 176th Street, Surrey BC V3Z 9R9
Coordinates	49.002°N 122.735°W / 49.002; -122.735
Details
Opened	1913
US Phone	(360) 332-5771
Canadian Phone	(604) 536-7694
Hours	Open 24 Hours
Statistics
Website http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/blaine

The Pacific Highway Border Crossing connects the towns of Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia on the Canada–United States border. It is located on the Pacific Highway which runs from San Diego, California to Vancouver, British Columbia. What started as a dirt road alternative route to the Peace Arch Border Crossing in 1913, the Pacific Highway soon became the preferred route when it was paved in 1923. It is now one of the five busiest commercial border crossings on the US-Canada border.

History

US-Canada border at the Pacific Highway crossing as seen in 1921

When this crossing opened in 1913, Canada border inspectors operated out of tents until proper offices could be constructed. Officers resided in a gabled wooden building until a new border station, built in a Tudor-revival style, was completed in 1935. Canada built its current facility in 1986.

The US operated out of large industrial building until a brick Georgian-revival border station was built in 1936. This station was used until the current facility was built in 1987.

See also

• List of Canada–United States border crossings