The Tecate Port of Entry is one three ports of entry in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region. The land port is located between San Diego County's Mountain Empire

Mountain Empire, San Diego

The Mountain Empire is a rural area in southeastern San Diego County, California. The Mountain Empire subregion consists of the backcountry communities in southeastern San Diego County...

 and Tecate Municipality. It is a minor port in comparison to the larger San Ysidro Port of Entry and Otay Mesa Port of Entry

Otay Mesa Port of Entry

The Otay Mesa Port of Entry is one three ports of entry in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region. The port is primarily commercial in function and trucks are generally instructed to cross there as opposed to the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Commercial crossing through the port accounts for...

. This is attributed in part to the fact that reaching the port requires driving on, in contrast to wide interstates, narrow mountainous roads.

History

In 2005 the port was re-opened as an expansion project was completed. The expanded port cost US$18 million and had approximately five times as much space as the original 1933 facility.

External links

• Otay Mesa Land Port of Entry Fact Sheet