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3 unusual facts about Fort Hancock


Fort Hancock

Fort Hancock, Texas, a census-designated place in Hudspeth County, Texas

Fort Hancock, Texas

Texas State Highway 20, and the Southern Pacific Railroad, both run through the town.

In the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Red crosses the U.S. border into Mexico at Fort Hancock to join his friend, Andy, who earlier escaped from Shawshank Prison and fled to Mexico via Fort Hancock.


Fort Hancock – El Porvenir International Bridge

The Fort Hancock-El Porvenir International Bridge is an international bridge which crosses the Rio Grande connecting the United States-Mexico border cities of Fort Hancock, Texas and El Porvenir, Chihuahua.


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Fort Hancock Port of Entry

In the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins' character flees the United States via the Fort Hancock - El Porvenir border crossing.