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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

So now I'm curious as to how the US/Canada border works. It says that the bridge gives uninterrupted freeway traffic flow, but wouldn't the international border require interruption? How does border crossing work with a bridge like this?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago*

    Yes: freeway uninterrupted by city streets, which was how it was before. Highway 401 dumped you into city streets - I don't know exactly how far away from the bridge, but one article I read mentioned 12 traffic lights between the bridge and freeway access.

    So that's what they're talking about. Not a Shengen-style border.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    On the Canadian side of Ambassador Bridge, you get dropped onto a stroad with stop lights. You can see this in satellite photos of it. The new bridge does not do that, and drops you directly onto a freeway.

    Personally, I prefer the tunnel.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    How/where do you do the border crossing paperwork?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

    As an American, or somebody with a US green card, the process is that you drive up to the border crossing and wait in a line of cars. When it's your turn at the booth you give them a stack of passports and green cards, let them visually identify everybody in the vehicle, answer some questions, and then they give your documents back and waive you through. It's basically the same as the immigration process at the airport, except you stay in your vehicle.

    Then of course there's a separate toll booth for your tunnel or bridge.

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