Terms of Use
Welcome to Fila de Puentes. By accessing and using this website, you agree to the following terms and conditions:
1. Nature of Service
Fila de Puentes is an independent informative platform that provides estimated wait times for international bridges. We are not a government agency.
2. Accuracy of Information and Proprietary Technology
The times shown are estimates only. They are generated with Fila de Puentes' proprietary technology, which combines public data (such as CBP), live cameras and streams, community reports, and predictive models we develop ourselves.
By their nature, these estimates are approximations and we do not guarantee their accuracy. Border conditions can change from one moment to the next due to factors beyond our control, including enforcement operations, weather, lane closures, or decisions by the authorities. We recommend always verifying with official sources before traveling.
3. Limitation of Liability
Use of the information on Fila de Puentes is at your own risk. We are not liable for decisions made based on the estimates shown, nor for delays, missed crossings, missed appointments, financial losses, or any other harm, direct or indirect, arising from use of the site or reliance on its data.
4. Responsible Use
You agree to use the information responsibly and not to make false reports that could mislead the community.
Website widget. Any site may embed our wait-times widget for free, as long as it keeps the credit line and its link to filadepuentes.com visible and does not alter the numbers. They are estimates, not official CBP figures. Full widget terms.
5. Sources and Credits
We use data from these sources, together with community reports. Thanks to each of them:
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): official wait times and open lanes.
- Fideicomiso de Puentes Fronterizos de Chihuahua: live cameras on the Juárez bridges.
- City of El Paso International Bridges Department: Paso del Norte and Zaragoza cameras, including the pedestrian line.
- Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT): traffic cameras toward Mexico in Texas.
- Caltrans: traffic cameras in California.
- Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT / AZ511): traffic cameras in Nogales.
- City of Laredo Bridge System: Laredo bridge cameras.
- City of Pharr: Pharr–Reynosa bridge camera.
- National Weather Service (NWS): weather (public domain).
- Frankfurter (European Central Bank reference rate) and ExchangeRate-API: exchange rate.
- Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE): fuel prices in Mexico.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): fuel prices in Texas.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: bridge locations.
News: headlines from local media; every story names its outlet and links to the original.
The photos of each border region come from Wikimedia Commons and are public domain or CC0. We credit them anyway:
- Juárez · El Paso: Bridge of the Americas POE El Paso Texas (28377102486).jpg, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Public domain).
- Tijuana: San Ysidro Traffic from Air (8405579575).jpg, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Public domain).
- Mexicali: BorderCrossingCarsMexicali.JPG, Thelmadatter (Public domain).
- Nogales: 200331-H-AT503-1012.jpg, CBP Photography (Public domain).
- Laredo: World Trade Crossing International Bridge in Laredo, Texas (35854890291).jpg, Donna Burton, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Public domain).
- Piedras Negras · Acuña: Rumbo puente acuña-del rio.jpg, Gunnar Wolf (CC0).
- Valle de Texas: Congressional Hispanic Caucus visit to Matamoros, Mexico 03.jpg, U.S. Congress (Public domain).
See a photo of yours without credit? Email [email protected] and we will fix it.