Table 1-45: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: 2000
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Table 1-45: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: 2000
| Number of truck or railcar crossings | |
|---|---|
| Truck | |
| Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,525,579 |
| Total top 5 gateways | 3,575,207 |
| Laredo, TX | 1,493,073 |
| El Paso, TX | 720,406 |
| Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 688,340 |
| Hildago, TX | 374,150 |
| Brownsville, TX | 299,238 |
| Rail | |
| Total U.S.-Mexican border | 571,825 |
| Total top 5 gateways | 562,710 |
| Laredo, TX | 243,369 |
| Brownsville, TX | 139,803 |
| Eagle Pass, TX | 94,113 |
| Nogales, AZ | 50,602 |
| El Paso, TX | 34,823 |
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).