The Otay Mesa Port of Entry (

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: ''Puerto de Entrada Mesa de Otay'') is one of three ports of entry (POE) in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region, in the

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, connecting

Otay Mesa Otay Mesa ( ) is a community in the southern section of the city of San Diego, just north of the U.S.–Mexico border. It is bordered by the Otay River Valley and the city of Chula Vista on the north; Interstate 805 and the neighborhoods of Oc ...

in the City of

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with the Otay Centenario borough of

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
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. The facility was opened in 1983, and was constructed primarily to divert growing commercial truck traffic from the busy

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, located west. Since then, significant passenger vehicle and pedestrian traffic has grown as development in the area around the crossing has grown. Commercial importations through Otay Mesa accounts for billions of dollars' worth of freight. The Otay Mesa Port of Entry is accessed by

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on the northern side. Since commercial traffic cannot use the San Ysidro Port of Entry, for commercial traffic Otay Mesa is the southern terminus of the

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corridor. The port of entry is the third-busiest commercial port of entry on the

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. To reduce wait times a facility built by the Mexican federal government, staffed by

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officers and Mexican customs officers, will be opened on the Mexican side of the border. It will be used to screen

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, which are considered low-risk commodities. A similar facility will be located at the

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, where Mexican customs officers will pre-inspect air shipments into Mexico.

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External links

Otay Mesa Land Port of Entry Fact Sheet
{{San Diego–Tijuana Ports of Entry in San Diego–Tijuana Mexico–United States border crossings 1983 establishments in California Buildings and structures in San Diego

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