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The bridge is over three miles long and cost over $28 million to build. [1] It was designed to divert traffic from the congested Hidalgo Texas Port of Entry . The presidential permit under which the bridge was constructed prohibited commercial traffic from using it until 2015, or when the Hidalgo Port of Entry averages more than 15,000 ...
Construction of the Port of Entry began in July 2011, [2] and the facilities were ready at the end of 2013. However, the Mexican side of the crossing suffered delays due to lack of funding; construction on the Mexican side of the new bridge finally began in January 2014, with customs inspection facilities and road infrastructure still pending.
The El Paso Paso del Norte (PDN) Port of Entry is a crossing of the United States–Mexico border, connecting the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It is among the busiest border crossings between the two countries: more than 10 million people enter the U.S. from Mexico each year at this location.
The Donna Texas Port of Entry is a border crossing between Mexico and the US, located at the Alliance International Bridge. [1] The bridge opened in 2010 to passenger vehicles only. While there are plans to open the bridge to commercial truck traffic, a date has not yet been set for that.
The El Paso BOTA Port of Entry, located at the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA), connecting Mexican Federal Highway 45 to the south and Interstate 110 to the north, is El Paso's highest volume border crossing, carrying more than half the vehicles (trucks and passenger cars) entering El Paso, Texas from Mexico. [1]
The Fort Hancock Port of Entry is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry located on the U.S. side of the Fort Hancock–El Porvenir International Bridge along the U.S.–Mexico border. It was established when the original bridge was built by the International Boundary and Water Commission in 1936. [1]
Myles Traphagen — the program coordinator at Wildlands Network Borderlands, an organization working to protect nature — points to a makeshift wall built from shipping containers at the U.S ...
Having opened in April 2013, the port of entry that is unstaffed by Customs and Border Protection agents, but at least one National Park Service employee is present while the port of entry is open. Persons entering from Mexico must report to the video inspection kiosks, while crossing of the Rio Grande may be accomplished by foot, rowboat or ...