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The Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing is a United States-Canada port of entry (POE) that connects the U.S. city of Pembina, North Dakota and the Canadian community of Emerson, Manitoba. On the American side, the crossing is connected by Interstate 29 (I-29) and U.S. Route 81 in Pembina County , while the Canadian side is connected by Manitoba ...
The first border station in the region was constructed in 1871 at West Lynne, Manitoba (now part of Emerson) on the west side of the Red River of the North.With the rise in popularity of automobile travel and the construction of the Jefferson Highway, which crossed into Canada at Noyes, the United States opened a border station on the east side of the river in the 1910s. [2]
The Canadian port of entry was permanently closed on April 1, 2011. For three years, this was a one-way crossing, with travelers able to enter the U.S. but not Canada at this location. Finally, the U.S. port of entry closed August 21, 2014. Both the US and Canada border stations have since been demolished.
Pembina (/ ˈ p ɛ m b ɪ n ə / ⓘ) is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Pembina is located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the Canada–US border .
The border crossing at Emerson, Manitoba and Pembina, North Dakota is the fifth-busiest along the Canada–United States border, and the second-busiest west of the Great Lakes. It is part of a large trade corridor that links the Canadian prairies with the United States and Mexico .
The Canadian government closed Emerson port of entry opposite Noyes in 2003, while the Port of Noyes closed in 2006, [9] leaving the U.S. 75 from the south the only access to Noyes. Travelers must now use the border crossing located less than 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west, but a 7-mile (11 km) trek from Noyes, through Pembina, North Dakota , to ...
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Motorists now wishing to travel US 75 are required to detour through Pembina, North Dakota via I-29, North Dakota Highway 59, and Minnesota State Highway 171. [13] In 2020, the Canadian and Manitoba governments completed reconstruction of PTH 75's approach to the Emerson border crossing to accommodate future expansion at the port of entry.