Hidalgo border wait time
Mexican border, Texas. Live CBP-posted waits by lane, refreshed every 10 minutes.
as of 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026 · CBP feed stamp 2026-10-17 18:55:55 · auto-refreshes every two minutes with JavaScript on
Hours: 24 hrs/day · port status: Open · Mexican border, Texas · local time zone: Central
- Hidalgo (Texas) has a CBP-posted wait of 60 minutes for standard passenger vehicles as of , with 1 of 12 lanes open.
- Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI: 5 minutes (2 lanes open).
- Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane: 55 minutes (3 lanes open).
- Pedestrians, standard: 10 minutes (4 lanes open).
- Hours of operation: 24 hrs/day (Central time); port status Open.
- Wait Time Report has tracked this crossing for 45 days, sampling CBP every 10 minutes.
Lanes right now
| Lane | Posted wait | Lanes open | CBP posted at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger vehicles, standard | 60 min | 1 of 12 | At 5:00 pm CDT |
| Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI | 5 min | 2 of 12 | At 5:00 pm CDT |
| Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane | 55 min | 3 of 12 | At 5:00 pm CDT |
| Pedestrians, standard | 10 min | 4 of 10 | At 5:00 pm CDT |
"CBP posted at" is CBP's own stamp, shown as published; its time-zone label is not reliable for every port. This crossing keeps Central time (America/Chicago).
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Wait Times, bwt.cbp.gov (public domain).
A typical day at this crossing
Passenger vehicles, standard
Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane
Pedestrians, standard
Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time, across the 45 days we have tracked, CBP's posted standard passenger-vehicle wait here has averaged lowest around 10 p.m. (27 minutes) and highest around 12 p.m. (49 minutes).
Other Hidalgo-Pharr crossings
Standard passenger-vehicle wait at each, live.
- Anzalduas International Bridge 70 min
- Pharr 30 min
Other Texas crossings
- Brownsville B&M Bridge 90 min
- Brownsville Gateway 90 min
- Brownsville Los Indios 50 min
- Brownsville Veterans International 120 min
- Del Rio 60 min
- Eagle Pass Bridge I Lanes closed
- Eagle Pass Bridge II 45 min
- El Paso Bridge of the Americas 80 min
- El Paso Stanton DCL Lanes closed
- El Paso Ysleta Lanes closed
- Paso Del Norte Bridge 80 min
- Fort Hancock 5 min
- Laredo Bridge I Lanes closed
- Laredo Bridge II 65 min
- Laredo Colombia Solidarity 5 min
- Laredo World Trade Bridge –
- Presidio 5 min
- Donna International Bridge 45 min
- Progreso International Bridge 45 min
- Rio Grande City 20 min
- Roma 6 min
- Marcelino Serna (Tornillo) 30 min
About these numbers
CBP officers at the port estimate the wait from the end of the line to primary inspection and post it, usually hourly; the figure is for travelers entering the United States. See all border crossings for how to read each status, and CBP's own bwt.cbp.gov for alerts. Numbers baked into this page are from 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026.