Brownsville Veterans Port of Entry | |
Country: | United States |
Location: | 3300 S. Expressway 77/83, Brownsville, Texas 78521 (Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates) |
Coordinates: | 25.889°N -97.4757°W |
Opened: | 1999 |
Blankdetailstitle1: | Phone |
Blankdetails1: | (956) 983-5620 |
Blankdetailstitle2: | Hours |
Blankdetails2: | 6:00am - Midnight |
Blankdetailstitle3: | Exit Port |
Blankdetails3: | Matamoros |
Blankstatstitle1: | 2005 Cars |
Blankstats1: | 2,000,000 |
Blankstatstitle2: | 2005 Trucks |
Blankstats2: | 192,000 |
Blankstatstitle3: | Pedestrians |
Blankstats3: | 100,000 |
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.