The
El Paso International Airport is the closest
large airport. There is no bus service to
White Sands Missile Range from any of the regional
cities. If you are in the region without your
own personal vehicle, you will need to consider
renting a car. It is about an hour's drive
from the El Paso Airport to White Sands Missile
Range (see directions from El Paso below.) If
you are staying in one of the neighboring cities:
It is about an hour's drive from the airport to Las
Cruces via I-10. It is about an hour's drive
from the airport to Alamogordo, N.M., via Highway
54.
Driving Directions:
From
El Paso, Texas:
Take the Alamogordo Highway 54 exit off Interstate
10. As you leave the off-ramp, you will be on the
Patriot Freeway. Continue through the
northeast part of the city until the freeway becomes
Martin Luther King. White Sands Missile Range is
straight ahead about 40 miles.
From
Las Cruces, N.M.: Take the Highway 70 East
exit from Interstate 10 or 25 and proceed through
the city about 25 miles to the missile range exit.
From
Alamogordo, N.M.: Take Highway 70 west.
Proceed about 47 miles to the missile range exit.
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SECURITY
Marchers and viewers attending
the 21st
annual Bataan Memorial Death March should be
prepared for increased security and possible delays
prior to the event.
Motorists are asked
to have their pass prominently displayed in their
windshield and to have their IDs ready when they are
entering the post.
Motorists coming in from the El Paso gate are asked not
to come in after 4:45 a.m., or they will run the
risk of being stuck in traffic.
Martin Luther King Avenue will be closed
to all traffic at 5:30 a.m.
Marchers should plan on arriving at the gates
as early as 3 a.m. and no later than 4:30 a.m.
Motorists coming in between 3 a.m. and 4:30
a.m. should make it on time.
Most importantly motorist and their
passengers are required to have a picture ID
readily
available.
Personnel who do not have a picture ID will
experience lengthy delays outside the gate while
their information is completely checked.
Motorists should not be surprised if they
or their
vehicle(s)
are searched. “Everyone is subject to
search,”
Law Enforcement has
selected three primary designated parking areas and
two backup areas.
Marchers will receive their vehicle visitor’s
pass during registration.
It is important that the pass not be
displayed should marchers leave the installation.
The pass should be put away in a safe place
until they return to post to help prevent
participants from
experiencing loss of the pass or
becoming a possible target of any type.
There will be
multiple security parking teams present to assist
participants when they arrive at the pre-designated
parking areas around the intersection of
Ripley Street
and
Martin Luther King Avenue.
Motorists coming in through the Las Cruces and El
Paso gates the day of the
event will be guided by traffic control personnel at
the intersections, and some areas will be closed for
thru traffic.
These traffic control personnel will guide
motorists all the way to the parking area to
optimize traffic flow
Except for emergency vehicles,
the Las Cruces gate will be closed to outbound
range traffic between 3 a.m. and
7 a.m.
on the day of the march.
Motorists should make arrangements to avoid
being delayed on post during these hours.
Donald R. Morrison,
Director of Emergency Services, said there will be
several law enforcement agencies that will be
supporting this year’s event.
The agencies will be assigned to zones along
the March Route and around the venue area.
Marchers and
guest need to be aware that rucksacks and backpacks
will not be allowed in the ceremonial tent, and that
there is a pre-designated pack storing area, which
will be located on the northeast corner of Martin
Luther King Avenue and Sierra Street, directly
across from the Frontier Club.
