Transportation: Driving & Navigating
The downtown is easy to navigate: Barrington and Water Streets run along the waterfornt, and the cross streets take you uphill. The Historic Properties mark the northern end of downtown, the Citadel and Public Gardens the western boundary, and the academic area (Dalhousie, King's College, and St Mary's) marks the south. Drivers in Halifax are generally slow and cautious, which is good, considering the step hillspide streets, and the number of one-way streets.
Downtown Link
Sometimes subterranean, sometimes above the streets, the Downtown Link is a handy series of interconnecting pedways. This weather-proof maze leads you from the foot of Citadel Hill to the historic waterfront, with stops at office buildings, hotels, popular stores and restaurants along the way. This helps you to avoid the occasional fresh, salty air-and salty rain that Halifax enjoys. You can just park your car once and spend the rest of the day indoors, shopping, dining and sightseeing staying dry and warm.
Bridges and Ferries
There are two toll bridges that connect Halifax to Dartmouth. The A Murray McKay and the Angus L Macdonald cost $0.75 one way for cars, and are free for cyclists and pedestrians. Pedestrians and cyclists can also take the Halifax Dartmouth Ferry, (on St George St in Halifax and Aldernay Drive & Ocherloney St in Dartmouth), which takes 15 minutes for $1.55 (adults) and $1.05 (children), and runs yaer-round Monday to Saturday 6:30 am to midnight, and June to September Sundays 6:30 am to midnight. There is also a ferry that departs to Woodside (South Dartmouth) year round but only weekdays during peak hours.
Nova Scotia Highways
Around Nova Scotia, all #100 roadways connect the major towns. The Trans-Canada Highway is # 104, which starts in Amherst, on the New Brunswick border and continues to North Sydney on Cape Breton, where you catch the ferries to Newfoundland. At Truro, you catch #102 south into Halifax, the #101 connects Halifax to Yarmouth via the Fundy shore and #103 via the Southern Shore. Roads numbered 1-99 generally parallel the major roadways. Roads numbered 200-399 are rambling 2-lane roads are often scenic routes between out of the way places. The Cabot Trail around the spectacularly scenic northern shore of Cape Breton is uniquely un-numbered.
PEI Driving Rules
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