The Progreso–Las Flores International Bridge, looking south towards Nuevo Progreso

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Before your first visit

Crossing the border to Nuevo Progreso

You park in Texas, you walk over a bridge, and five minutes later you are at the door. This page is the whole day, start to finish, written for someone who has never done it.

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Mon–Sat8:00 – 17:00

Before your first visit

Crossing takes less time than parking at a mall.

Most of our patients drive in from the Rio Grande Valley or winter in Texas. Here is exactly what the day looks like — no surprises, no Spanish required.

TEXASRIO GRANDENUEVO PROGRESO, TAM. Progreso Lakes, TX Progreso–Las Flores International Bridge Calle Coahuila Aury Dental
  1. 01

    Park in Progreso Lakes, Texas

    There are paid lots at the foot of the bridge, on South International Boulevard, on the U.S. side beside the crossing. You never drive into Mexico, and your insurance never leaves Texas.

  2. 02

    Walk over the Progreso–Las Flores International Bridge

    A walk south over the Rio Grande, paid at the turnstile. Bring your passport or passport card for the walk back.

  3. 03

    Keep straight one block down the avenue

    The avenue runs south off the bridge into Nuevo Progreso. One block straight ahead, no turns, and it meets Calle Coahuila.

  4. 04

    Turn east on Calle Coahuila

    One short turn to your left and you are at Coahuila 223, Suite 1, in Plaza Rincones de México. There are treatment rooms on both floors and any treatment can be done on the ground floor — two steps and a ramp at the entrance — so mention it when you book if stairs are difficult for you. The whole team speaks English, and the calendar for your case — how many visits, and when — is set at the assessment.

What you need to get back in

One link, and it is not ours.

Walking into Mexico is the easy half. Coming back into the United States is Customs and Border Protection's call, and the documents they accept are set by them, not by us.

That list changes, and a copy of it sitting on a dental clinic's website is exactly the kind of thing that goes out of date without anyone noticing. So we are not going to reproduce it. Check it at the source, and check it before you travel and not the morning of.

The official list

  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection publishes what is accepted at a land crossing, for citizens and for everyone else.
  • Whatever you bring, bring it for every person travelling with you, children included.

Accepted documents on cbp.gov — opens CBP's own page.

How long the day takes

One half we can tell you. The other half you ask us the same day.

01

Going over

From the foot of the bridge to our door is a five-minute walk: south over the bridge, one block down the avenue, and a short turn east onto Calle Coahuila.

02

At the clinic

What your case needs is decided in the assessment, and how many visits it takes depends on the case. Book ahead and you walk in at your time instead of waiting for one. To pay, U.S. cards are accepted and cash can be in dollars or in pesos.

03

Coming back

The line to re-enter the United States moves with the traffic and with how many people are crossing that day. We are not going to print a number for it. Ask us on the phone the day you plan to cross.

The things that change, you ask the same day

A number on a web page is right the week it is written.

Two things about your day move on their own. How long the line back into the United States takes, which depends on the traffic and on how many people cross that morning. And what the parking costs, which is up to each lot — they are independent businesses at the foot of the bridge, not ours.

We could put numbers on both. They would be right the week we wrote them and wrong by the time you read them, and you would plan a day around a figure that had already moved.

So we answer those on the phone, the day you plan to cross, when the answer is still true. The clinic answers that number itself, so you are asking the people who will be expecting you rather than a service that takes a message. It is a shorter call than you think, and the whole team speaks English.

Ask us

(956) 363-8152

Monday – Saturday · 8:00 – 17:00Sunday · 9:00 – 13:00

Plan your visit

Call, text or send the form. We answer in English, confirm a time, and tell you what to bring before you drive down.

Address
Calle Coahuila 223, Suite 1
Plaza Rincones de México
Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas 88810
From the U.S.
(956) 363-8152
From Mexico
(899) 937-8152
Hours
Monday – Saturday 8:00 – 17:00Sunday 9:00 – 13:00

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