Rainbow Bridge Border Wait Time Today — Vehicles
Wait times for passenger vehicles
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General: 5m right now · typical for this hour: 14 min
Next hours
Typical wait for the rest of the day
| Hour | Today | Typical | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 7 | 14 | 3 | 50 |
| 1:00 AM | 19 | 13 | 3 | 56 |
| 2:00 AM | 26 | 12 | 2 | 52 |
| 3:00 AM | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4:00 AM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5:00 AM | 4 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 6:00 AM | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 7:00 AM | 21 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 8:00 AM | 10 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 9:00 AM | 4 | 16 | 3 | 44 |
| 10:00 AM | 8 | 21 | 3 | 47 |
| 11:00 AM | 8 | 23 | 3 | 45 |
| 12:00 PM | 7 | 22 | 4 | 55 |
| 1:00 PM | 7 | 17 | 3 | 43 |
| 2:00 PM | 12 | 17 | 3 | 46 |
| 3:00 PM | 5 | 16 | 4 | 45 |
| 4:00 PM | 10 | 20 | 4 | 38 |
| 5:00 PM | 10 | 27 | 9 | 53 |
| 6:00 PM | 8 | 21 | 3 | 45 |
| 7:00 PM | 7 | 17 | 2 | 38 |
| 8:00 PM | — | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 9:00 PM | — | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 10:00 PM | — | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 11:00 PM | — | 9 | 4 | 14 |
About this crossing
The Rainbow Bridge is the crossing with the view: it links the two Niagara Falls — Ontario and New York — steps from the falls, with the Horseshoe panorama right off the deck. It is a passenger and pedestrian bridge, closed to trucks and ruled by tourism: summers, holidays and the festival-of-lights season stretch the line, while weekday mornings tend to flow. For cargo or NEXUS-only service, the neighboring Whirlpool and Queenston–Lewiston bridges complete the system.
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