Lynden/Aldergrove Border Crossing
Anyone have any experience with this crossing? We're going to Vancouver next month and considering it as an alternative to the Pacific Truck Crossing. I hear it's wider and has better wait times. We'd...
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Northbound through the Pac. Hwy truck crossing is easy. They've just repaved the road right after the booths and they got rid of the annoying speed bumps they had. Hwy 15 is a good route and will take you to near the east side of the Port Mann bridge.
If it were me, I'd go through the Peace Arch crossing or truck crossing if heading on to the North Shore area. Going up the Guide Meridan (hwy 539) through Bellingham can be slow (esp. on weekends) and there's a series of annoying roundabouts (as mentioned above) that you have to pass through. You could turn right on 8th ave. after Peace Arch and hop over to hwy 15 and then go north. That'd be my pick...
Avoid going up hwy 99 towards or into Vancouver as there is no easy/direct route through Vancouver. You want to cross over the Iron Workers Memorial bridge and absolutely do not want to end up going over the Lions Gate bridge with an RV.
If you do decide to go through the Aldergrove crossing, I'd turn left/west on 16th ave. and go over to hwy 15. 16th ave. is one lane each direction and can be slow due to a lot of truck traffic but it is a scenic drive. Heck, you'd even be passing close to us too!
Don't know where you are heading on the return trip but DO NOT go south through the truck crossing. They made it really hard for larger RVs to maneuver through it, especially in the NEXUS lane. We take our 29' TT through there all the time in the NEXUS lane and there's inches to spare on either side of the steel posts. :E
Fuel up in or before Bellingham and NOT next to the border because they really jack the price up.
If it were me, I'd go through the Peace Arch crossing or truck crossing if heading on to the North Shore area. Going up the Guide Meridan (hwy 539) through Bellingham can be slow (esp. on weekends) and there's a series of annoying roundabouts (as mentioned above) that you have to pass through. You could turn right on 8th ave. after Peace Arch and hop over to hwy 15 and then go north. That'd be my pick...
Avoid going up hwy 99 towards or into Vancouver as there is no easy/direct route through Vancouver. You want to cross over the Iron Workers Memorial bridge and absolutely do not want to end up going over the Lions Gate bridge with an RV.
If you do decide to go through the Aldergrove crossing, I'd turn left/west on 16th ave. and go over to hwy 15. 16th ave. is one lane each direction and can be slow due to a lot of truck traffic but it is a scenic drive. Heck, you'd even be passing close to us too!
Don't know where you are heading on the return trip but DO NOT go south through the truck crossing. They made it really hard for larger RVs to maneuver through it, especially in the NEXUS lane. We take our 29' TT through there all the time in the NEXUS lane and there's inches to spare on either side of the steel posts. :E
Fuel up in or before Bellingham and NOT next to the border because they really jack the price up.
