2020 International Trade Corridor Plan FREIGHT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CONNECTIVITY Transportation Planning and Programming Division DECEMBER 2020 Table of Contents FIGURES .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 TABLES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 19 2. TRADE HELPS DRIVE THE TEXAS ECONOMY ......................................................................................... 20 2.1 U.S. AND TEXAS TRADE ........................................................................................................................................ 20 2.2 TEXAS’ TRADING PARTNERS .................................................................................................................................. 24 2.3 WHAT COMMODITIES DOES TEXAS TRADE? ............................................................................................................. 26 2.4 TRADE BENEFITS ................................................................................................................................................. 30 3. ROLE OF TEXAS’ TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN FACILITATING TEXAS’ TRADE ....................... 33 3.1 TEXAS’ HIGHWAY AND RAIL CORRIDORS ................................................................................................................. 33 3.2 TEXAS’ PIPELINES ................................................................................................................................................ 38 3.3 TRANSPORTATION GATEWAYS ................................................................................................................................ 39 4. ENHANCING TEXAS’ TRADE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM .................................................................. 52 4.1 HIGHWAY TRADE CORRIDORS ................................................................................................................................ 52 4.2 TEXAS RAIL TRADE CORRIDORS ............................................................................................................................. 89 4.3 BORDER CROSSINGS ........................................................................................................................................... 92 4.3 TEXAS BORDER AIRPORTS .................................................................................................................................. 100 4.4 TEXAS-MEXICO PIPELINES .................................................................................................................................. 105 5. SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................................... 106 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................................... 109 2 Figures Figure 1. U.S. and Texas Trade ................................................................................................................................. 20 Figure 2. U.S. Exports and Imports ........................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 3. Texas, California, and New York Goods Export Values ............................................................................ 22 Figure 4. Texas, California, and New York Import Goods Values ............................................................................ 23 Figure 5. U.S. and Texas Trade with Mexico ............................................................................................................ 24 Figure 6. Texas' Trading Partners by Percentage of Total Trade Value (2019) ...................................................... 25 Figure 7. Texas’ Largest Trading Partners ................................................................................................................ 25 Figure 8. Texas' Five Most-Traded Commodities with the World (2019) ................................................................ 26 Figure 9. Texas’ Corridors Supports Trade with Mexico and Canada ..................................................................... 34 Figure 10. Texas’ Highway Freight Network ............................................................................................................. 35 Figure 11. Texas’ Rail Freight Corridors ................................................................................................................... 37 Figure 12. Texas’ Pipeline Network (2017) ............................................................................................................. 38 Figure 13. Texas’ Ports of Entry ................................................................................................................................ 39 Figure 14. Texas’ Commercial Vehicle Border Crossings ........................................................................................ 40 Figure 15. Texas Land Border Crossing Value by Truck and Rail (2010–2019) ................................................... 41 Figure 16. Northbound Truck Crossings by State .................................................................................................... 42 Figure 17. Texas’ Top 5 Commodities Moved by Truck (2019) .............................................................................. 43 Figure 18. Northbound Loaded and Empty Rail Cars by State (2010–2019) ....................................................... 43 Figure 19. Texas Top 5 Commodities Moved by Rail (2019) .................................................................................. 44 Figure 20. Number of Rail Cars Crossing the Texas – Mexico Border (2010–2019) ........................................... 45 Figure 21. Texas Seaports ........................................................................................................................................ 46 Figure 22. Weights at Texas Maritime Ports (Top 6 Deep Draft Ports) .................................................................. 47 Figure 23. Weights at Texas Maritime Ports (Remaining Deep Draft Ports) .......................................................... 47 Figure 24. Texas Inland Ports ................................................................................................................................... 48 Figure 25. I-10 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 54 Figure 26. I-20 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 57 Figure 27. I-35 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 60 Figure 28. I-37 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 63 Figure 29. I-45 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 65 Figure 30. I-69 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 67 Figure 31. Ports-to-Plains Corridor in Texas ............................................................................................................. 70 Figure 32. I-30 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 73 Figure 33. I-40 Corridor in Texas .............................................................................................................................. 75 Figure 34. US 87 Corridor in Texas ........................................................................................................................... 77 Figure 35. US 69 Corridor in Texas ........................................................................................................................... 80 Figure 36. US 67 Presidio to DFW Corridor in Texas ............................................................................................... 82 Figure 37. US 281 Corridor in Texas ........................................................................................................................ 84 Figure 38. East-West Corridor in Texas .................................................................................................................... 87 Figure 39. Ysleta-Zaragoza Bridge: Winn Road Project Limits ................................................................................ 93 Figure 40. Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Project Boundaries ................................................................. 94 Figure 41. Laredo International Airport Cargo Apron Rehabilitation