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In article <2u4je7$hmv@panix.com> bcmar@panix.com (Bob Cmar) writes:
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>Traffic question for anyone in the Buffalo area --
>
>I'll be flying into the Buffalo NY airport on July 1, and must drive 
>from there to Woodstock Ontario.  I'll be returning to Buffalo around 
>noon on July 4.
>
>- How long does it typically take to drive thru customs?  
>  (Are there long lines?)
>
>- Are there any shortcuts to Canadian highway 401 from Buffalo?
>
>I hope someone out there has this info -- as it will affect my plans.  
>If possible, please reply direct to Bob Cmar: bcmar@panix.com.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
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>                           Bob Cmar 
>   in New York City's beautiful and historic Lower East Side
>                       (bcmar@panix.com)

I'm from Hamilton originally and have crossed to and from Buffalo many times.
As you know, July1-4 is a holiday weekend for both Americans and Canadians, so
you can definitely expect significantly increased times to cross. It depends on
what time of day you're crossing: two hour delays at heavy times are not un-
common.

To get to the 401 from Buffalo you have to travel on some secondary roads. I
believe the most direct route would to take the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW -
the only major highway on the Cdn. side) west heading to Toronto. After you
pass Hamilton (ugly view of steel mills) you want to look for Highway 6 North,
which will take you directly to the 401. Then head west. Highway 6 is an 80
km/hr road vs. the QEW and 401 which are 100 km roads so, again depending on
traffic, it shouldn't take you too long. 
-- 
Lee R. Shekter
Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology         
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois 60637  

In article <1994Jun21.154237.25291@midway.uchicago.edu> lshekter@kimbark.uchicago.edu (lee shekter) writes:

> To get to the 401 from Buffalo you have to travel on some secondary roads. I
> believe the most direct route would to take the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW -
> the only major highway on the Cdn. side) west heading to Toronto. After you
> pass Hamilton (ugly view of steel mills) you want to look for Highway 6 North,
> which will take you directly to the 401. Then head west. Highway 6 is an 80
> km/hr road vs. the QEW and 401 which are 100 km roads so, again depending on
> traffic, it shouldn't take you too long. 

To travel between the Niagara Region and _Woodstock_ (the destination
the original poster mentioned), this is horribly out of the way.

Instead, one should take the QEW to Burlington, then take Highway 403
(including the 30-odd km gap in the middle where it's just Highway 2)
to its end at Highway 401... right to the outskirts of Woodstock.


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John R. Grout	Center for Supercomputing R & D		j-grout@uiuc.edu
Coordinated Science Laboratory     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John Robert Grout (jg2560@cesn4.cen.uiuc.edu) wrote:

: Instead, one should take the QEW to Burlington, then take Highway 403
: (including the 30-odd km gap in the middle where it's just Highway 2)
: to its end at Highway 401... right to the outskirts of Woodstock.

Can I "cut the corner" near Burlington by taking Highway 20 from Hamilton to
53, then Highway 53 to the 403 in Brantford?  Or are 20 & 53 congested?

Thanks again for the replies. 
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                           Bob Cmar 
   in New York City's beautiful and historic Lower East Side
                       (bcmar@panix.com)

In <2u7f8l$q4f@panix.com> bcmar@panix.com (Bob Cmar) writes:
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>                           Bob Cmar 
>   in New York City's beautiful and historic Lower East Side
>                       (bcmar@panix.com)

In answer to your original post on border crossings, My brother lives in 
Niagara Falls, and goes to grad school in Toronto, and I 190, the main 
route North can be jammed up for miles. I would suggest getting off in 
Niagara Falls, and either taking the Rainbow Bridge, which is the easiest 
to get to,  by taking the Niagara Falls Boulevard Exit and heading west 
right to the bridge,( the exit is right after leaving Grand Island),  or 
to get to the bridge with the lightest traffic, take the exit for Robert 
Moses Expy right after you leave Niagara Falls going North (but before 
getting to to Lewiston),  and going South to the Whirl Pool Bridge.  
Sometimes the traffic can be backed up all the way from customs on I 190 
to this exit, so you can still be stuck, so the exit before that, New 
Hyde Park, will also take you in to town and you can chose between the 
Rainbow or Whirlpool bridge from signs on the way into town.

Jim Huggins
jph@panix.com