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scootsk
Explorer III
Oct 13, 2016

Niagara ON to NY border crossing

Hey all,

Returning from Canada on Saturday morning and crossing at I-190. Can anyone give any tips? Best time to cross? Do I have to go through a truck lane with a fifth wheel or can I use the regular car lanes as I did when I entered Canada? Thanks for any help.

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  • Since you say you are crossing at I-190 I have to assume you are crossing at Queenston-Lewiston, not Niagara Falls. I have crossed there several times with my TT. Watch for the signs but usually they want you in the leftmost car lane, that is the one for RV's, trailers, etc. If you look you will see that at the entrance to the booths you go between square upright boxes. The left lane has extra tall ones to scan the taller vehicles. Saturday mornings are not usually too bad.

    A couple of hints if you are heading there on the Q.E.W. The exit for Hwy. 405 which takes you to the border is a left exit shortly after you go over the Garden City Skyway. If you are heading back to Long Island via I-90 the exit from I-290 to I-90 is also a left exit.
  • INSPECTERBAKE wrote:
    We just crossed Saturday before last around 9am and not an issue.


    And you used the car lanes?
  • Don't use the truck or Nexus lanes unless directed to.
  • I believe you should stay in the left lane as it is normally is for RV's. So don't ude the truck lane.