Brownsville – Veterans Port of Entry explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates - (IGNACIO ZARAGOZA) . https://web.archive.org/web/20050107044331/http://blue.utb.edu/localhistory/bridges_of_the_area.htm . dead . 7 January 2005 . University of Texas - Brownsville . 14 Feb 2013 .