Driving to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico from the U.S.

Every Wayro route we publish from U.S. cities to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, with the border crossing each one uses and what you need to bring a U.S. car across.

About Ciudad Juárez

On the Rio Grande opposite El Paso, Ciudad Juárez grew up around a Franciscan mission founded in 1659 on the old route of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. The city also played a real part in the Mexican Revolution: its former customs house served as Francisco Madero's provisional offices in 1911 and later as Pancho Villa's headquarters.

• Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Founded in 1659 by Fray García de San Francisco, the mission is the city's oldest building and stands beside the cathedral built in 1941. source
• Museo de la Revolución en la Frontera: Housed in the 1889 customs house where Porfirio Díaz and William Howard Taft met in 1909, the INAH museum tells the border's role in the Revolution. source
• Parque Público Federal El Chamizal: This 237-acre park commemorates the peaceful settlement of the Chamizal boundary dispute and is a sister park to Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso. source
• Museo de Arqueología e Historia de El Chamizal: Inside the park, this INAH-affiliated museum covers the pre-Hispanic cultures of Aridoamérica and Paquimé and the history of the Chamizal treaty. source

Crossing into Mexico: what you need to drive to Ciudad Juárez

Sources: U.S. State Department, Mexico travel information (updated August 11, 2026); permits are issued by Banjercito.

Where drivers cross the border

El Paso

El Paso and Ciudad Juárez are joined by several Rio Grande bridges, including Paso del Norte downtown for pedestrians and northbound cars, Stanton Street with a northbound SENTRI lane, and the Bridge of the Americas for passenger vehicles and trucks. Paso del Norte also has Ready Lanes. Used by 71 of the routes below.

Ysleta

The Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge crosses the Rio Grande between El Paso's Lower Valley and the eastern side of Ciudad Juárez. It carries passenger vehicles, pedestrians and commercial trucks, with a northbound SENTRI lane for cars and a FAST lane for trucks. Used by 19 of the routes below.

Drives to Ciudad Juárez from the U.S.

How we put this guide together

Wayro calculates the route from OpenStreetMap road data; mile numbers are positions along this route, not highway mile markers, and "from the route" distances are straight-line, so the real detour depends on access roads. Stops are chosen from parks, natural sites, museums, historic sites and attractions close to the route (roughly 2 to 7 miles depending on the type, farther for World Heritage sites): at least one strong stop for each stretch of the drive, then the best-known places nearest the road, with no more than five of one type, up to nine in all. Places that are closed, private or not open to visitors are removed. Place and city descriptions are written by the Wayro team from official park, museum, tourism and government websites and other published sources. Safety levels and entry rules were checked against the U.S. Department of State on September 29, 2026. Conditions change, so check the linked sources before you travel.