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Brownsville Border Wait Times — Live Cameras at the Matamoros Crossing
CBP's live wait times for the Brownsville–Matamoros crossing — every port, every lane — with 4 live cameras within 15 km of the bridges. Free, no signup.
LIVE WAIT TIMES — U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
Brownsville border wait times
As reported by CBP · feed read Oct 27, 8:57 AM
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Brownsville — Gateway
Port 535504 · Hours: 24 hrs/day · OpenConstruction notice (CBP): The Pedestrian Dedicated Ready Lane is now operational at Gateway Bridge and may be used with a valid U.S. passport or SENTRI card.
| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 5 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 15 min delay | 1 | At 3:00 am CDT |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Closed | — | — |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 4 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | No delay | 1 | At 3:00 am CDT |
| Ready lanes | Closed | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 03:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
Brownsville — Veterans International
Port 535502 · Hours: 6 am-Midnight · Closed| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 8 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | Closed | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Closed | — | — |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES — UP TO 4 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Closed | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 2 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Not reported | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 03:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
Brownsville — B&M
Port 535501 · Hours: 24 hrs/day · OpenConstruction notice (CBP): Pedestrian access closes at 10:00 PM and reopens at 6:00 AM, seven days a week.
| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 4 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 15 min delay | 1 | At 3:00 am CDT |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Closed | — | — |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 2 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Not reported | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 03:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
Brownsville — Los Indios
Port 535503 · Hours: 6 am-10 pm · Closed| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 4 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Closed | — | — |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES — UP TO 4 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | Closed | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Closed | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS | |||
| Standard lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Not reported | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 03:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
Wait times are CBP's published estimates for reaching the inspection booth, shown exactly as the feed reports them — including "Update Pending", which means the port has not published a fresh reading for that lane. A lane with no current reading is not an empty lane.
Four crossings fan out along the river at the Gulf end of the border: Gateway (535504) downtown, the B&M Bridge (535501) — the Brownsville & Matamoros crossing whose predecessor dates to 1909 — Veterans International at Los Tomates (535502) to the east, and Los Indios (535503) upriver toward Harlingen.
The camera wall below is a stated geographic rule, the same discipline as everywhere in this directory: every catalogue camera within 15 km of the crossing point (25.8990, -97.4990), nearest first — the bridge approaches, the port district and the Brownsville streets around it. What it cannot show you is the inspection plaza itself: CBP's booth cameras are not public feeds, and no camera here is dressed up as one.
Live cameras near the Brownsville crossing
4 catalogue cameras within 15 km of the crossing point, nearest first.
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Every card is the camera's real live feed: snapshot cards refresh about every 15 seconds, stream cards play live in the grid (a few at a time, the same budget the map tiles use) and in full when you open a camera. Feeds are provided by their operators and public sources; a camera whose stream has gone off air shows as unavailable rather than playing a recording.
How to cross with less waiting
- 1Read the table by lane, not by headline: standard, SENTRI/NEXUS and Ready lanes at the same port can differ by an hour.
- 2Check the CBP update note on each row — a lane marked "Update Pending" has no current reading, however empty it looks.
- 3Look at the approach cameras before you leave: the visible queue tail on the US-side highway is the part of the wait no table measures.
- 4If this crossing is stacked and another nearby port is not, the wait table on that crossing's page is one tap back on the hub.
- 5Carry the documents the lane requires — a Ready or SENTRI lane entered without the right card ends at the booth, slowly.
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