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heav
08-19-2005, 05:55 PM
What is this, its near El Paso directly on the US/Mexico border. but its outside, in the desert, so i dont think its a regular controlpoint
McMaster_de
08-19-2005, 06:32 PM
I have make a quick overlay ;).
heav
08-19-2005, 07:48 PM
Zoll oder sowas? Wennst scho aus München bist :)
McMaster_de
08-19-2005, 07:57 PM
Border crossing (Grenzübergang)
heav
08-19-2005, 08:30 PM
Why do they build another controlpoint in the middle of the destert when they have this huge one http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile2886/Border-Conrolpoint-in-El-Paso.htm in El Paso?


But,.. isn't that the location used in the Quentin Tarantino Movie "From Dusk Till Dawn", when they cross the border to Mexico?
McMaster_de
08-19-2005, 09:31 PM
El Paso is a city in the state of Texas and the other crossijng belongs to New Mexico. There are two more border crossings in New Mexico.

For more info look here:

New Mexico: http://www.nmborder.com/
Appletom
08-19-2005, 09:42 PM
Why do they build another controlpoint in the middle of the desert when they have this huge one http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile2886/Border-Conrolpoint-in-El-Paso.htm in El Paso?

The 'huge' border crossing (Bridge Of The Americas) goes from central Juarez into central El Paso. Trucks moving goods from the Maquiladoras in Juarez much prefer the Santa Teresa border crossing if they are going North or West from El Paso - it can cut up to two hours off of their time.

Depending on the traffic at the Bridge Of The Americas border crossing, traffic in Juarez and traffic in El Paso, it can be faster even for trucks going East from El Paso to head 'way out' to the Santa Teresa crossing and swing back. Plus a lot of maquiladora workers who live in El Paso (mostly executives) live in West El Paso and in Santa Teresa. It is a dream taking the Santa Teresa crossing compared to the Bridge Of The Americas.

And the Santa Teresa port was built with trucks in mind, so it is much more "big truck" friendly than the El Paso crossing. Less expensive to cross too!

And there is a good chance that the railroad switching yards in El Paso (see kmz attached) will be moving out to Santa Teresa sometime this decade. If I had long term investment kind of money, I would certainly try to purchase a bunch of land out in the middle of nowhere near the Santa Teresa border crossing - my grandchildren's children would be able to retire very wealthy :)