Table 1-44: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Freight Gateways: 2000
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Table 1-44: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Freight Gateways: 2000
| Number of truck or railcar crossings | |
|---|---|
| Truck | |
| Total U.S.-Canadian border | 7,048,128 |
| Total top 5 gateways | 4,714,339 |
| Detroit, MI | 1,769,389 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 1,198,085 |
| Port Huron, MI | 839,200 |
| Blaine, WA | 516,829 |
| Champlain-Rouses Point, NY | 390,836 |
| Rail | |
| Total U.S.-Canadian border | 1,594,837 |
| Total top 5 gateways | 1,169,034 |
| Port Huron, MI | 425,211 |
| Detroit, MI | 237,968 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 181,462 |
| International Falls, MN | 171,551 |
| Portal, ND | 152,842 |
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 railcars.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, August 2001. 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: 2000).