Hidalgo International Bridge border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at Hidalgo International Bridge, from Reynosa, Tamaulipas into Hidalgo, 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 Reynosa–Hidalgo.

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Cars, standard lanes: 45 min
Cars, SENTRI: 5 min
Cars, Ready Lane: 40 min
Walking, standard lanes: 10 min
Posted by CBP: Oct 29, 8:00 PM CDT

Copied Oct 29, 2026, 10:07 PM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.

Open 24 hours. Up to 12 car lanes. Up to 10 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 230501.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (standard lanes), usually quickest on Wednesday at 3 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Wednesday at 11 AM (186 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 12 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Wednesday at 9 AM (49 min).

Every lane Now and usually

Lane	Now	Open	Usual	Readings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes	45 min	1	39 min	370
Cars, SENTRI	5 min	2	4 min	314
Cars, Ready Lane	40 min	3	34 min	363
Walking, standard lanes	10 min	3	10 min	370

“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, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
12 AM	6	10	7	12	2	10	10
1 AM	·	0	10	·	2	34	35
2 AM	9	0	2	2	2	65	30
3 AM	·	·	0	3	1	30	15
4 AM	30	5	10	15	8	12	5
5 AM	25	20	23	28	18	10	5
6 AM	40	36	48	38	25	20	18
7 AM	48	40	45	41	28	40	30
8 AM	45	45	60	27	60	35	40
9 AM	47	42	57	45	22	37	55
10 AM	55	38	60	48	33	48	35
11 AM	52	43	186	50	30	28	50
12 PM	55	35	55	52	42	60	35
1 PM	50	62	50	57	55	40	42
2 PM	55	70	72	62	55	50	60
3 PM	60	65	62	58	50	50	61
4 PM	42	50	48	55	55	60	68
5 PM	43	52	40	54	40	50	53
6 PM	38	49	60	52	37	40	55
7 PM	52	58	38	35	6	22	52
8 PM	55	47	48	32	6	26	45
9 PM	33	40	50	5	24	13	55
10 PM	55	15	24	10	5	1	45
11 PM	20	6	24	3	20	·	·

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: 39 min, from 370 readings.

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

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
12 AM	0	2	2	0	0	1	5
1 AM	·	0	0	·	0	8	2
2 AM	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3 AM	·	·	0	0	0	0	5
4 AM	0	1	5	1	0	4	4
5 AM	25	5	5	3	2	0	0
6 AM	10	12	30	10	20	3	2
7 AM	22	28	21	21	16	3	2
8 AM	20	45	25	17	60	25	5
9 AM	8	35	49	28	7	17	12
10 AM	18	45	48	22	15	18	20
11 AM	12	31	35	16	10	13	32
12 PM	8	2	22	1	12	22	20
1 PM	8	11	8	2	30	8	10
2 PM	5	30	12	30	15	18	20
3 PM	5	18	9	4	7	10	13
4 PM	15	15	12	5	20	10	30
5 PM	15	4	2	8	2	5	12
6 PM	20	5	6	11	1	2	10
7 PM	2	5	1	7	0	2	7
8 PM	5	2	2	3	0	0	7
9 PM	2	1	2	1	0	0	7
10 PM	3	2	2	0	1	0	0
11 PM	0	2	2	0	0	·	·

Under 10 min
10–29 min
30–59 min
60–89 min
90 min or more

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

Crossing	By car	On foot	Posted
Anzalduas International Bridge	55 min	—	Oct 29, 8:00 PM CDT
Hidalgo/Pharr – Pharr	Closed	—	—
Del Rio International Bridge	No wait	—	Oct 29, 8:00 PM CDT
Eagle Pass Bridge I	45 min	—	Oct 29, 9:00 PM CDT
Eagle Pass Bridge II	30 min	—	Oct 29, 9:00 PM CDT
Laredo Bridge I (Gateway to the Americas)	45 min	No wait	Oct 29, 8:00 PM CDT
Laredo Bridge II (Juárez–Lincoln)	60 min	—	Oct 29, 8:00 PM CDT
Laredo – Colombia Solidarity	No wait	—	Oct 29, 8:00 PM 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

Hour	Average	Bar
12 AM	9 min
1 AM	17 min
2 AM	11 min
3 AM	9 min
4 AM	14 min
5 AM	20 min
6 AM	33 min
7 AM	38 min
8 AM	41 min
9 AM	44 min
10 AM	46 min
11 AM	71 min
12 PM	49 min
1 PM	52 min
2 PM	60 min
3 PM	58 min
4 PM	53 min
5 PM	47 min
6 PM	48 min
7 PM	38 min
8 PM	37 min
9 PM	35 min
10 PM	22 min
11 PM	14 min

The last 7 days Cars, standard lanes · Thu, Oct 22 to Thu, Oct 29

75 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions Hidalgo International Bridge

How long is the wait at Hidalgo International Bridge right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 29, 8:00 PM CDT), the line by car (standard lanes) was 45 min, and on foot 10 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 Wednesday at 3 AM and longest on Wednesday at 11 AM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 12 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does SENTRI save?

Over the last 30 days the SENTRI line averaged 4 min, against 39 min in the standard lanes and 34 min in the Ready Lane.

When is it open?

24 hours a day.

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

About these numbers

Copied Oct 29, 2026, 10:07 PM 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.