Table 1-45. U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: 1999 (Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings)
Table 1-45. U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: 1999 (Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings)
Port Name | |
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Truck | |
US-Mexican Border, Total | 4,267,259 |
Laredo, TX | 1,486,489 |
El Paso, TX | 673,003 |
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 545,724 |
Hildago, TX | 325,225 |
Brownsville, TX | 303,540 |
Rail (number of full and empty railcars) | |
US-Mexican Border, Total | 496,671 |
Laredo, TX | 213,653 |
Brownsville, TX | 119,590 |
Eagle Pass, TX | 90,470 |
Nogales, AZ | 33,692 |
El-Paso, TX | 32,683 |
NOTES:
Truck: Data represent the number of truck crossings, not the number of unique vehicles. Data are for both loaded and empty trucks.
Rail: Data includes both loaded and unloaded rail cars.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, August 2000. Based on the following primary data source: U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management Database, special tabulation (Washington, DC: 1999).