Brownsville – Veterans Port of Entry

Coordinates: 25°53′20″N 97°28′33″W / 25.889014°N 97.475746°W / 25.889014; -97.475746
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Brownsville Veterans Port of Entry
Brownsville Veterans Border Inspection Station
Location
CountryUnited States
Location3300 S. Expressway 77/83, Brownsville, Texas 78521
(Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates)
Coordinates25°53′20″N 97°28′33″W / 25.889014°N 97.475746°W / 25.889014; -97.475746
Details
Opened1999
Phone(956) 983-5620
Hours6:00am - Midnight
Exit PortMatamoros
Statistics
2005 Cars2,000,000
2005 Trucks192,000
Pedestrians100,000
Website
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/tx/2301.xml

The Brownsville Veterans Port of Entry opened in 1999 with the completion of the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates. The bridge was built primarily to divert commercial freight traffic away from the busy downtown bridges, but about a third of the passenger vehicles also cross at this point.[1] The Veterans Port of Entry is the easternmost US-Mexico border crossing, and is by far the newest of the three crossings between Brownsville and Matamoros.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates - (IGNACIO ZARAGOZA)". University of Texas - Brownsville. 14 Feb 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2005.

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