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Brownsville Veterans International Bridge border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at Brownsville Veterans International Bridge, from Matamoros, Tamaulipas into Brownsville, Texas, by car and on foot, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest. In Mexico it’s called Puente Los Tomates.

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Cars, standard lanes
15 min
Cars, SENTRI
10 min
Cars, Ready Lane
15 min
Walking, standard lanes
5 min
Posted by CBP
Oct 30, 6:00 AM CDT

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.

Open 6 am to Midnight, local time. Up to 8 car lanes. Up to 2 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 535502.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (SENTRI), usually quickest on Monday at 11 PM (no wait); usually slowest on Thursday at 8 AM (36 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 6 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Thursday at 9 AM (6 min).

Every lane Now and usually

LaneNowOpenUsualReadings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes15 min145 min364
Cars, SENTRI10 min48 min391
Cars, Ready Lane15 min146 min305
Walking, standard lanes5 min11 min389

“Usual” is the average over the last 30 days; where it says CBP, it’s CBP’s own published average for October, from the year before, because there aren’t enough readings here yet. SENTRI is CBP’s trusted-traveler lane; the Ready Lane is for travelers carrying an RFID-enabled document (a passport card, a border crossing card, an enhanced driver’s license). First reading on record: Sep 14, 2026.

By car: usual wait by day and hour Cars, SENTRI, last 30 days, minutes

HourMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
6 AM8000503
7 AM131519281505
8 AM232212361233
9 AM2218161818127
10 AM555517108
11 AM738672012
12 PM135850518
1 PM135643818
2 PM1013662150
3 PM015525512
4 PM5742252
5 PM125827135
6 PM812545188
7 PM43075257
8 PM33117225
9 PM200271510
10 PM50023510
11 PM00011127
  • Under 10 min
  • 10–29 min
  • 30–59 min
  • 60–89 min
  • 90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 8 min, from 391 readings.

On foot: usual wait by day and hour Walking, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

HourMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
6 AM0000200
7 AM0200100
8 AM0214202
9 AM2226200
10 AM1245500
11 AM2232100
12 PM0222200
1 PM2212300
2 PM0312200
3 PM0000002
4 PM2001100
5 PM0001000
6 PM0001100
7 PM0002000
8 PM0000000
9 PM0000000
10 PM0000000
11 PM0000000
  • Under 10 min
  • 10–29 min
  • 30–59 min
  • 60–89 min
  • 90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 1 min, from 389 readings.

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

CrossingBy carOn footPosted
Brownsville B&M Bridge 105 min 10 min Oct 30, 6:00 AM CDT
Brownsville Gateway Bridge 45 min 10 min Oct 30, 6:00 AM CDT
Brownsville – Los Indios 9 min — Oct 30, 6:00 AM CDT

By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.

By car, by hour of day All days, last 30 days

HourAverageBar
6 AM3 min
7 AM15 min
8 AM18 min
9 AM16 min
10 AM7 min
11 AM9 min
12 PM7 min
1 PM8 min
2 PM8 min
3 PM7 min
4 PM4 min
5 PM7 min
6 PM8 min
7 PM7 min
8 PM5 min
9 PM4 min
10 PM3 min
11 PM2 min

The last 7 days Cars, SENTRI · Fri, Oct 23 to Fri, Oct 30

35 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions Brownsville Veterans International Bridge

How long is the wait at Brownsville Veterans International Bridge right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 30, 6:00 AM CDT), the line by car (SENTRI) was 10 min, and on foot 5 min. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.

What’s the best time to cross?

Over the last 30 days, the car line has usually been shortest on Monday at 11 PM and longest on Thursday at 8 AM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 6 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does SENTRI save?

Over the last 30 days the SENTRI line averaged 8 min, against 45 min in the standard lanes and 46 min in the Ready Lane.

When is it open?

6 am to Midnight, local time.

For trucks, the commercial lane waits have a board of their own.

About these numbers

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time

Officers at each port of entry post every lane’s wait about once an hour to CBP’s Border Wait Times system. A small Cloudflare Worker reads it every half hour and keeps each reading once; the last-30-days averages come from that record. The averages from the year before are CBP’s own.

Times are the crossing’s local time. A closed lane or a pending reading counts as unknown, never as zero. The board has every crossing right now and how it all works, and the data is a CSV download. Esta página en español.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 20, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.

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