U.S.–Mexico border crossing hours and which lanes each one has (SENTRI, Ready Lane, pedestrian)
Checked against official sources on November 6, 2026 · Equipo Al Puente
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This guide is for information only and is not legal advice. Last checked: November 6, 2026. Hours change for holidays, construction or CBP decisions: before you leave, check the crossing on Al Puente or on CBP Border Wait Times.
In short
The hours in this guide are the ones CBP posts for entering the United States. Hours for going south into Mexico are set on the Mexican side and can differ.
Not every crossing has a SENTRI lane. In Brownsville–Matamoros, only Veterans (Los Tomates) has a SENTRI car lane; B&M and Gateway have Ready Lanes, which are not the same thing.
In CBP's data, "N/A" almost always means the crossing doesn't have that lane; "Lanes Closed" means it has it but it's closed right now.
"Update Pending" early in the morning means CBP hasn't updated yet; it doesn't always mean closed.
For today's status, open the crossing's page on Al Puente or ask the assistant: it checks CBP live and quotes what CBP posts.
How to tell if a crossing is open right now
Each crossing page on Al Puente shows the wait and whether lanes are open, using the data CBP publishes for every port. CBP describes those times as the estimate for reaching the primary inspection booth and says each port updates them hourly.
What CBP shows
What it means
A wait time, "no delay" or "delay"
The lane is open; lanes open and the wait are listed.
"Lanes Closed"
The crossing has that lane, but it is closed right now.
"N/A"
The crossing doesn't have that lane type, or it's a lane with its own hours and is outside them (check the crossing's notice).
"Update Pending"
CBP hasn't updated. Common outside hours or overnight.
CBP doesn't publish an official definition of these statuses; this is how its data behaves. If something looks off, read the crossing's notice: CBP uses it for special hours, new lanes and construction.
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The hours are for entering the United States
The hours on Al Puente and on CBP are those of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, for crossing northbound. Hours for entering Mexico are set by Mexican authorities and, at some bridges, by the bridge operator. Mexico's customs agency (ANAM) publishes hours for its customs offices, mostly for cargo; for example, for the Mariposa crossing in Nogales it lists "De lunes a domingo de 06:00 a 22:00 horas" (Monday to Sunday, 6:00 to 22:00). If you're heading south late at night, check with Mexican customs in that city.
Which lane is yours
General (Standard) lane: for everyone.
Ready Lane: a faster lane for travelers with an RFID-enabled document. CBP requires "all travelers 16 years-old and older" in the vehicle or group of pedestrians to carry one: U.S. Passport Card, Enhanced Driver's License, Enhanced Tribal Card, Enhanced Border Crossing Card, Enhanced Permanent Resident Card, or a Trusted Traveler card (SENTRI, NEXUS, Global Entry or FAST). Some crossings also have a pedestrian Ready Lane.
SENTRI: a dedicated lane for members of CBP's SENTRI program, which costs US$120 for five years. CBP describes these as lanes "at select southern land border ports of entry", so only some crossings have them. According to CBP's fact sheet, everyone crossing in a SENTRI-registered vehicle must apply, including children.
Pedestrian: most crossings with a footbridge have a general pedestrian lane and some have a pedestrian Ready Lane. At some crossings, pedestrian access keeps different hours from vehicles (see the notices below).
Hours and lanes by crossing
This table is a snapshot of CBP data from November 6, 2026. Yes = CBP reports that lane at the crossing (open or closed at the time); No = CBP lists it as N/A. Where CBP had no update, we used our last 30 days of readings and marked the cell with *: Yes* means we saw it open several times; No* means we didn't see it open. Hours are CBP's posted hours for entering the United States.
For today's status, open the crossing's page (the name in the table links to it) or ask the Al Puente assistant.
CBP notices that change a lane's hours
These are the notices CBP had posted on November 6, 2026 (verbatim):
B&M (Brownsville):"Pedestrian access closes at 10:00 PM and reopens at 6:00 AM, seven days a week." The vehicle bridge stays open 24 hours.
Gateway (Brownsville):"The Pedestrian Dedicated Ready Lane is now operational at Gateway Bridge."
Juárez-Lincoln (Laredo):"Ready Lanes are open from 8AM - Midnight seven days a week."
DeConcini (Nogales):"Ready Lane is open from 6AM - 10PM seven days a week."
Del Rio:"Ready Lane is open from 6AM until MIDNIGHT seven days a week."
San Luis I:"A Ready Lane is now open at the San Luis Port of Entry from 6:00 until midnight."
Donna:"Ready Lane is open from 9am until 2pm."
Progreso:"The Pedestrian Ready lanes will be open daily from 12noon to 5pm."
In Laredo, CBP also lists each bridge's hours on the Laredo port page, where Colombia shows "8:00 AM-12:00 AM" for vehicles.
Holidays and special closures
CBP announces hour changes in the crossing's notice on Border Wait Times and in local press releases; for example, in August 2026 it announced that World Trade Bridge in Laredo would stay open until 7 p.m. on Saturdays for commercial traffic. Closures for emergencies, weather or operations can happen without notice.
How the Al Puente assistant helps
When you ask the assistant (the Pregunta button) when a crossing opens, whether it's open, or whether it has SENTRI, it checks CBP's data at that moment and quotes the posted hours and notice with a link to the source. If CBP has no data, it says so instead of guessing.