Douglas, Arizona Port of Entry

The Douglas, Arizona Port of Entry is a port of entry on the Mexico–United States border. It connects Douglas, Arizona with Agua Prieta, Sonora. It is near the southern terminus of U.S. Route 191 in Arizona and the northern terminus of Mexican Federal Highway 17, which connect the towns of Douglas and Agua Prieta to their respective national highway networks.

Douglas Arizona Port of Entry
Douglas Arizona Port of Entry, December 2001
Location
Country	United States
Location	First Street and Pan American Avenue, Douglas, Arizona 85607
Coordinates	31.334679°N 109.560374°W / 31.334679; -109.560374
Details
Opened	1914
Phone	[phone]
Hours	Open 24 Hours
Exit Port	Agua Prieta, Sonora Mexico
Statistics
2011 Cars	2,615,027
2011 Trucks	29,883
Pedestrians	1,030,357
Website http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/az/2601.xml
U.S. Inspection Station-Douglas, Arizona
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	U.S. Border Inspection Stations MPS
NRHP reference No.	14000242
Added to NRHP	May 22, 2014

It has been in existence since about 1914. The current border inspection station was built in 1933, was significantly renovated and expanded by the General Services Administration in 1993, and was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The crossing is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. In 2015, this facility was renamed the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry", after former Arizona Governor Raúl Héctor Castro.^[1]

Original Douglas, Arizona border inspection station, as seen in 1916

Douglas, Arizona border station as seen in 1933

See also

• List of Mexico–United States border crossings