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Personal Project /Built solo /Dec 2025

Fila de Puentes

Real-time wait times for 20+ international bridges, focused on my hometown crossings between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, so commuters can save time and pick the best moment to cross before they ever leave home.

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20+
Bridges tracked
100k+
Users helped / year
5 min
Refresh interval
Dec 2025
Launched solo
Overview

Anyone who lives on the border knows the question that runs your whole morning: which bridge is moving? Guess wrong and you lose an hour sitting in line.

Fila de Puentes answers that at a glance. I started it on my own in December 2025, and it now tracks live wait times across 20+ international bridges, focused on my hometown crossings between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. It refreshes every five minutes and layers on live cameras, free alerts, currency rates, and an AI assistant.

Today it helps hundreds of thousands of people every year save time and pick the best moment to cross. A small tool solving a very real, very daily problem for the community I grew up in.

What it does
Real-time wait times
Live crossing data for every bridge it tracks, refreshed every 5 minutes so you can pick the fastest route.
Live cameras
YouTube feeds and TxDOT camera views so you can see bridge conditions before you leave the house.
Free alerts
Email notifications that fire when wait times drop below your chosen threshold. Set it once and forget it.
Fili, the AI assistant
A conversational helper that answers questions about crossing the border, the bridges, and current conditions.
Exchange rates
Live USD / MXN conversion built in, because everyone crossing the border is doing the math anyway.
Community reports
Real testimonials and on-the-ground reports from people who just crossed, adding context the sensors miss.