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El Chaparral ( Spanish: ''Puerta México el Chaparral'') is a southbound vehicle crossing from 
El Chaparral ( Spanish: ''Puerta México el Chaparral'') is a southbound vehicle crossing from San Diego
San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...
into Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
. It is part of the San Ysidro Port of Entry
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The San Ysidro Port of Entry (aka the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry or the San Ysidro LPOE) is the largest land border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, and the fourth- busiest land border crossing in the world (second-busiest exc ...
. It replaced the former entry point known as ''Puerta México'' which stood immediately east of El Chaparral. The opening of El Chaparral roughly tripled the number of traffic lanes to 22, reducing wait times for vehicles entering Mexico. It is roughly in the same location as the former Virginia Avenue crossing, where trucks entering the US from Mexico prior to 1983 was located. Access is via a four-lane, temporary access road that is long and leads west from the end of Interstate 5.
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{{San Diego–Tijuana Border Ports of Entry in San Diego–Tijuana Interstate 5