Cargo Truck Crossings
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Northbound
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, compiled by City of El Paso International Bridges Department.
Note: Click inside graphs to expand.
The most recent observation is May 2025. Please source appropriately if graphs or data are used. Additional data may be provided upon request.
- Region Total crossings include Ysleta-Zaragoza, Bridge of the Americas (BOTA), Tornillo, and Santa Teresa.
- El Paso Total crossings include Ysleta-Zaragoza and Bridge of the Americas (BOTA).
Notes:
- Graphs are subject to revisions without prior notification.
- Graphs depict a 6 period moving average; include Standard and FAST, laden and empty trucks.
- Cargo operation days are Monday through Saturday (or approximately 26 days per month) for Ysleta-Zaragoza (Ysleta) and Monday through Friday at Bridge of the Americas (BOTA), Tornillo, and Santa Teresa.
- On August 7, 2023, CBP initiated the processing of commercial traffic at the Marcelino Serna port of entry (best known as Tornillo). Although the cargo lot had initially opened in March 2016, trade operations were temporarily suspended in May 2017 due to limited traffic. Data from 2016 and 2017 is available in the Excel file, but the graph only represents data from 2023 onwards, post-reopening.
- P3 is a reimbursable program that allows the City of El Paso to pay for Customs and Border Protection overtime, ensuring all lanes of City-owned ports are staffed during peak hours in an effort to reduce wait times.
Southbound
Source: City of El Paso International Bridges Department.
The most recent observation is June 2025. Please source appropriately if graph or data are used. Additional data may be provided upon request.
Notes:
- Graphs are subject to revisions without prior notification.
- Graph depicts a 6 period moving average; includes laden and empty trucks.
- Cargo operation days are Monday through Saturday (or approximately 26 days per month).
- BOTA southbound crossings do not represent actual counts, rather, an estimate that assumes that total El Paso northbound and total El Paso southbound crossing volumes are equal.
- P3 is a reimbursable program that allows the City of El Paso to pay for Customs and Border Protection overtime, ensuring all lanes of City-owned ports are staffed during peak hours in an effort to reduce wait times.
- Paisano Dr. Closure refers to all access removal from Paisano Dr. to BOTA, that began on 11/09/2020, as part of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) I-10 Connect project.
Page last updated on 07/02/2025
