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As of 6:15 pm Pacific, Friday 4 September, Vancouver604 reports for the Upper Levels: On the North Shore, we're seeing heavier traffic than usual for this hour on the Lions Gate Bridge, and it's heavy down the cut too.
The current report
On the North Shore, we're seeing heavier traffic than usual for this hour on the Lions Gate Bridge, and it's heavy down the cut too.
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About this highway
The Upper Levels is Highway 1 across the North Shore, from the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal and the Sea-to-Sky junction through West Vancouver and North Vancouver to the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. Locals say the Upper Levels, and the stretch below Lonsdale is the Cut; the signs say Highway 1 and Trans-Canada. It is four lanes for most of its length with no shoulder in the Cut, which is why a single stall there closes a lane and backs traffic to Taylor Way. Mornings run eastbound toward the Ironworkers and the Lions Gate, afternoons westbound toward West Van and Horseshoe Bay, and both bridges feed it, so a problem on either one arrives here within minutes. There is no parallel route: Marine Drive is the only alternate and it is a city street with lights the whole way.
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- That the station had nothing to say about it. Vancouver604 reports what drivers and the public road feeds are seeing; a highway that is moving is not mentioned, so a quiet page usually means a clear road.
- Which zones cover the Upper Levels?
- North Shore, Vancouver / UBC and Sea-to-Sky. The crossing's report is drawn from every zone in the cycle, so it is found whichever side the station described it from.
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Crossings on this route
The Lions Gate · The Ironworkers
Zones
North Shore · Vancouver / UBC · Sea-to-Sky
Nearby crossings
The Lions Gate · The Ironworkers · The Oak Street Bridge · The Cambie Bridge · The Granville Bridge · The Arthur Laing · Highway 1, Vancouver to the Port Mann · The Sea-to-Sky · Highway 99, Vancouver and Richmond · The Causeway
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