Origin market
Industries:
Distribution:
Cotulla, TX to El Paso, TX freight
The Cotulla to El Paso corridor runs within the U.S.
Direction
U.S. domestic
Equipment on this lane
Dry van-led corridor
Carrier availability
Vetted carriers cover this corridor
Marketplace activity
Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace
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This corridor connects the Cotulla market (Laredo, Eagle Pass, Dilley, Eidson Road, San Isidro, and El Cenizo) with the El Paso market (El Paso, Santa Teresa, Socorro, Anthony, Sunland Park, and Vinton), running within the U.S. Brokers post this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.
What ships from Cotulla
Freight out of the Cotulla market leans toward food and beverage, automotive parts and consumer goods based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more on the freight types pages.
Equipment on this corridor
Dry van-led corridor. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.
Where this lane picks up
Carriers on this lane pick up across the Cotulla area: Laredo, Eagle Pass, Dilley, Eidson Road, San Isidro, El Cenizo, Webb County, and Pearsall. Nearby markets that feed it include Laredo, Nuevo Laredo, San Antonio, Piedras Negras, Kerrville, and Del Rio.
Where this lane delivers
Carriers on this lane deliver across the El Paso area: El Paso, Santa Teresa, Socorro, Anthony, Sunland Park, Vinton, Vado, and Ysleta Sur. It also reaches nearby markets like Ciudad Juárez, Deming, Alamogordo, Roswell, Agua Prieta, and Alpine.
Domestic U.S.
This is a domestic U.S. lane, with no border crossing. Carriers bid on it in the same marketplace they use for cross-border freight, so a truck repositioning after an international load can pick this up on the way.
Brokers post corridors like this to Cargado's marketplace, where vetted Mexico and Canada carriers bid and every counterparty is vetted before the first load moves.
More lanes from these markets
Every lane guide for Cotulla, TX and El Paso, TX is listed on their lane hubs, by direction and destination country.
The markets on this lane
Destination market
El Paso, TX
El Paso is the U.S. side of a cross-border freight corridor with Ciudad Juárez. Computer-related machinery and electrical machinery were the two largest U.S.-Mexico truck commodities by value in 2025, and the Ysleta crossing ranked second among U.S.-Mexico truck ports. Commercial truck processing at the Bridge of the Americas is scheduled to end in early 2028, and Union Pacific operates an intermodal terminal at Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
Industries: Computers and electronics, electrical equipment, auto parts, medical devices, metal products
- Customs bridge/port: Ysleta commercial truck crossing. $112 billion of 2025 truck freight, second among U.S.-Mexico truck ports (operating). Source
- Customs bridge/port: Bridge of the Americas land port of entry, where commercial truck processing ends when modernization construction starts in early 2028, with substantial completion slated for summer 2031 (planned). Source
- Customs bridge/port: Marcelino Serna (Tornillo) commercial crossing. Commercial cargo processing resumed August 7, 2023 (reopened August 2023). Source
- Intermodal or rail yard: Union Pacific Santa Teresa Intermodal Ramp, which replaced the El Paso ramp (opened April 2014). Source
- Industrial park: Santa Teresa Gateway Rail Park, a master-planned park with direct access to the Santa Teresa port of entry and a connection to Union Pacific's intermodal complex, with Foreign Trade Zone space available. 1,300 acres; 225,000 units of annual lift capacity at the intermodal park. Source
- Airport: El Paso International Airport air cargo center. 288,000 sq ft cargo complex. Source
- Industrial park: Foreign-Trade Zone 68, with an airport site and private sites across El Paso County. 1,065-acre airport site plus 2,376 acres at other sites. Source
Distribution: Third-party logistics providers in Foreign-Trade Zone 68 offering public warehousing, distribution and storage, and the air cargo complex at the airport.
Market profiles describe industries and facility types from public government, industry, port, railroad and industrial-park sources. They name no shippers, manufacturers, retailers or logistics companies.
Common questions about this lane
How do I find carriers for Cotulla to El Paso?
On Cargado, brokers post the corridor and vetted carriers bid on it. Every carrier is verified before it can bid, which replaces cold-calling unknown carriers.
What equipment is available on the Cotulla to El Paso corridor?
Postings here are mostly dry van. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.
Is this a domestic lane or cross-border?
This is a domestic U.S. lane. Carriers bid on it alongside cross-border freight, often a truck repositioning after an international run.
Moving freight on this lane?
Post it to 2,400+ vetted Mexico and Canada carriers, or check market rates built from real carrier bids before you quote.