Brownsville–Matamoros crossing
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The Brownsville–Matamoros crossing is a major international border crossing complex linking Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and serving as a key gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T359691 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Brownsville–Matamoros crossing Context triple: [U.S.–Mexico border, hasMajorCrossing, Brownsville–Matamoros crossing]
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Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing
The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing is a major international gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico, linking Laredo, Texas, with Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
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B.
El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing
The El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing is a major binational urban gateway where the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas, and the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez meet, forming one of the busiest land ports of entry between the two countries.
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U.S.–Mexico border
The U.S.–Mexico border is the international boundary separating the United States and Mexico, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and serving as a major focal point for migration, trade, and security issues.
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D.
San Ysidro Port of Entry
The San Ysidro Port of Entry is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world, connecting the United States and Mexico between San Diego and Tijuana.
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E.
Tecate Port of Entry
Tecate Port of Entry is a U.S.–Mexico border crossing facility connecting Tecate, California and Tecate, Baja California, serving as a smaller, less congested alternative to the main San Diego–Tijuana crossings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Brownsville–Matamoros crossing Target entity description: The Brownsville–Matamoros crossing is a major international border crossing complex linking Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and serving as a key gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico.
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A.
Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing
The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing is a major international gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico, linking Laredo, Texas, with Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
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B.
El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing
The El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing is a major binational urban gateway where the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas, and the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez meet, forming one of the busiest land ports of entry between the two countries.
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C.
U.S.–Mexico border
The U.S.–Mexico border is the international boundary separating the United States and Mexico, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and serving as a major focal point for migration, trade, and security issues.
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D.
San Ysidro Port of Entry
The San Ysidro Port of Entry is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world, connecting the United States and Mexico between San Diego and Tijuana.
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E.
Tecate Port of Entry
Tecate Port of Entry is a U.S.–Mexico border crossing facility connecting Tecate, California and Tecate, Baja California, serving as a smaller, less congested alternative to the main San Diego–Tijuana crossings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border crossing
ⓘ
transport infrastructure complex ⓘ |
| borderBetween |
Tamaulipas
ⓘ
Texas ⓘ |
| borderControls |
Mexican customs authorities
ⓘ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ |
| borderType | land border crossing ⓘ |
| connects |
Brownsville
ⓘ
surface form:
Brownsville, Texas
Matamoros ⓘ
surface form:
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Mexican highway network ⓘ United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
surface form:
United States highway network
|
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| crosses | Rio Grande ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Brownsville–Matamoros crossing
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge
Gateway International Bridge ⓘ Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates ⓘ railway border crossing between Brownsville and Matamoros ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brownsville
ⓘ
surface form:
Brownsville, Texas
Matamoros ⓘ
surface form:
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Brownsville–Matamoros metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
South Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Rio Grande Valley
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderBetween |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Brownsville
ⓘ
surface form:
Brownsville, Texas
Matamoros ⓘ
surface form:
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
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| partOf |
U.S.–Mexico border
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexico–United States border
transportation infrastructure of Brownsville, Texas ⓘ transportation infrastructure of Matamoros, Tamaulipas ⓘ |
| regulates |
cross-border migration
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cross-border trade ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Brownsville
ⓘ
surface form:
Brownsville, Texas
Matamoros ⓘ
surface form:
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
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| significance |
major gateway for trade between the United States and Mexico
ⓘ
major gateway for travel between the United States and Mexico ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial freight transport
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passenger travel ⓘ pedestrian crossing ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ |
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Subject: Brownsville–Matamoros crossing Description of subject: The Brownsville–Matamoros crossing is a major international border crossing complex linking Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and serving as a key gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico.
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