Trans-Canada Hghwy in Ont closed indefinitely
For those who may be traveling the Trans-Canada highway in the near future... A newly constructed bridge in northern Ontario has reportedly split apart in the cold, closing the Trans-Canada highway...
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When I ask Google Maps for a route from Toronto to Winnipeg it gives me 2 routes - via Chicago and via Thunderbay. The Chicago route is an hour faster. Even the route across UP Michigan is as fast as the route around the north side of Lake Superior. Pick a point further west and the US routes become even more attractive.
And a lot of commerce must travel by rail, either with an all Canada route or a partial US one. There's a lot of Vancouver bound rail traffic in the Seattle area.
Still the news reports are that:
Yes, that's about 1 per minute (counting both directions). I wonder how seasonal that is.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nipigon-river-bridge-trucking-industry-1.3401643
says that red-tape since 9/11 has made the US route more difficult.
And a lot of commerce must travel by rail, either with an all Canada route or a partial US one. There's a lot of Vancouver bound rail traffic in the Seattle area.
Still the news reports are that:
About 1,300 trucks cross the bridge in Nipigon, Ont., every day, moving about $100 million worth of goods across Canada daily.
Yes, that's about 1 per minute (counting both directions). I wonder how seasonal that is.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nipigon-river-bridge-trucking-industry-1.3401643
says that red-tape since 9/11 has made the US route more difficult.
The $106-million bridge project replaced Nipigon's old two-lane structure with a four-lane one. It opened about two months ago, but won't be fully completed until 2017.
