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List of Mexico – United States border crossings

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Road Crossings

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California•Baja California

Traffic approaching the San Ysidro, California border inspection station

Arizona•Sonora

Mexican border inspection station at Naco, Sonora

New Mexico • Chihuahua

Antelope Wells, New Mexico Border Inspection Station

Texas•Chihuahua

El Paso, Texas Ysleta Border Inspection Station

Texas•Coahuila

Mexican border inspection station at Cuidad Acuna, Coahuila

Texas • Nuevo León

Texas•Tamaulipas

Hand-Pulled International Ferry at Los Ebanos, Texas (view from Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas Mexico)

Closed U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Closed Mexican border station at Lochiel, Arizona
Structure (if applicable) United States road/highway United States port of entry Mexico road/highway Mexico port of entry Notes
Virginia Avenue San Ysidro, CA 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 east 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, CA (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, AZ (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 (unnamed road) Santa Cruz de Noria, Sonora Station of Nogales which closed around 1980 due to lack of traffic. Both border inspection buildings remain.
Hammett Boulevard El Paso, Texas Ave. Lincoln Juarez, Chihuahua A change in flow of the Rio Grande led to the 1963 Chamizal treaty redistributing the Cordova Island 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 on the Rio Grande) now lies on Mexican land.
La Linda International Bridge Ranch Road 2627 La Linda, Texas Mero Sa, Tamaulipas 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.[1]
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.[2]
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. [3]

References

  1. ^ Fish, Jean Y (1989). Brief History of San Ygnacio, p. 21b. Zapata County Historical Commission, Zapata, TX.
  2. ^ http://www.zapatausa.com/zapatahistory.html
  3. ^ Grubb, Roda. The Strange Case of Rio Rico. http://www.tomesparza.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/RioRico.pdf

See also

Categories: Mexico • United States border crossings

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