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Transportation: Driving & Navigating

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General Orientation

Lower and Upper Water streets and Barrington are along the waterfront. From them, short streets climb the steep hills, up toward the Citadel and the Grand Parade which provide significant green space just west of the downtown. The city's universities are all congregated just south of downtown.

Roads
Drivers in Halifax are generally cautious, whether they are on the steep hill-side streets, or watching for drivers coming down them. Many of the roads in the downtown are one-way, requiring you to plan your trip beforehand.

Rush Hour
The roadways are most congested mornings from 7:30 to 9 am and afternoons 4 - 5:30 pm. The area around the Universities are crowded anytime on weeekdays.

Bridges

There are two toll bridges in Halifax/Dartmouth, the A. Murray MacKay Bridge and the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge. Toll required for a single crossing (one direction) is 75¢ or a token. The Macdonald bridge connects downtown Dartmouth to downtown Halifax and is the only bridge with pedestrian and bicycle access.

Pedways
The city has a number of above-ground walkways between many downtown buildings, malls and hotels. This is very convenient (not to mention more comfortable) during the winter or during a rainstorm.

Driving times and distances:
Here are some guidelines on driving times between different locations in Metro Halifax. Accidents and poor weather can increase these driving times (for example, a major snowstorm can add an hour)
(P) Peak times: weekdays 8-9 am and 4:30-5:30
(N) Non-Peak all other times

	Commuting Destination
Your Community:	Halifax Downtown	Burnside	Airport	Dalhousie/ Saint Mary's
Clayton Park, Rockingham	N-10 min P-15 min	N-10 min P-15-20 min	N-15 min P-15 min	N-7-10 min P-15 min
Bedford	N-15 min P-20/25 min	N-10/15 min P-20-25 min	N-12 min P-12 min	N-15 min P-20/25 min
Hammonds Plains, Kingswood	N-20 min P-25-40 min	N-15 min P-20/25 min	N-15 min P-15 min	N-20 min P-25-40 min
Lower Sackville	N-25 min P-30-45 min	N-10/15 min P-15/25 min	N-17 min P-17 min	N-25 min P-30-45 min
Upper Sackville	N-25 min P-35-50 min	N-15/20 min P-20/30 min	N-22 min P-22 min	N-30 min P-35-50 min
Cole Harbour, Colby Village	N-20 min P-35-40 min	N-10 min P-15 min	N-15 min P-20 min	N-20 min P-35-40 min
Dartmouth North, Crichton Park	N-12 min P-15-20 min	N-5 min P-7 min	N-15 min P-17 min	N-15 min P-20-25 min
Porter's Lake, Lawrencetown	N-25-30 min P-40-45 min	N-15-20 P-20-25	N-20-25 P-25-30	N-25-30 P-40-45
Fall River, Waverly	N-25 min P-35-40 min	N-10-15 min P-12-17 min	N-5-10 min P-5-10 min	N-25 min P-35-40 min
Timberlea, Beechville	N-15 min P- 20 min	N-15 min P-20-25 min	N-20-25 min P-20-25 min	N-15-20 min P-20-25 min

Nova Scotia Driving Rules

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