The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CROSSING INFO

International Border
Trucker Services
Toll Costs & Vehicles
NEXUS Toll Program
ExpressPass Program
F.A.S.T.
Which Bridge to Take?

Trucker Services

What is ExpressPass Commercial?
Click here for details.

How do I setup a prepaid ExpressPass Commercial account?
Click on this link to download our application form.

How do I speed up crossing into the U.S.?

  Lewiston Warehouse - Brokers
1. Get your SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code). Contact the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) at 1-703-838-1868.
2. Alert U.S. Customs Service. When you receive your NMFTA letter notifying you of your SCAC, fax a copy to: Charles Bennett, Office of Applications Development, U.S. Customs Service (USCS), 1-703-921-7173 (fax number).
3. Develop your company's bar code. Do it in house or through a commercial printer. Remember that the SCAC, NUMBER AND CHECK DIGIT must be continuous without spaces or dashes.
4. Take bar code sample to USCS. Place the bar code label on a blank USCS manifest (CF7533) and deliver it to the station supervisor at the U.S. Customs office at Lewiston-Queenston. The label should be in column one to make sure U.S. Customs can scan your company's PAPS bar code.
5. Contact your U.S. Customs broker. Notify broker that because your company will participate in PAPS, you will need the broker's three-digit filer code. At the same time, find out how to fax your commercial invoices - with PAPS bar codes - to the broker while the goods are still in Canada.
6. Get all the details of PAPS at Lewiston-Queenston. Telephone the U.S. Customs Commercial Warehouse at 1-716-282-1500, ext. 216.
NOTE: PAPS is not interchangeable with the Canadian PARS System for Canadian-bound commercial traffic.
 

How do I import live animals into Canada?
The importation of any loads of live animals into Canada at the Queenston Bridge will require at least two (2) hours of prior notification to the Canada Food Inspection Agency (C.F.I.A.) and the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Operations Center before entry into Canada.

How do I book my over-weight crossing?
This must be done through the computer one day in advance of your arrival.
Fax the NFBC Operations Centre at 1-905-353-6698 or 1-716-205-0698.

What are the restrictions for an overdimensional/overweight load?
Effective February 23rd, 2009, the restrictions for the Lewiston/Queenston Bridge will be:

Width: Written approval from the NFBC is required for all loads 11' wide and over.
Height: 15'6"
Weight: Written approval from the NFBC is required for all loads over 130,000 lbs.
Length: Maximum length is dependent upon width. Written approval from the NFBC is required for all loads over 100' in length.

How do I get other questions answered?
Direct your inquiries to the NFBC Operations Centre at 905-354-5641 x4161 or 716-285-6322 x4161.


How do I link to brokers?

Lewiston Warehouse - Brokers

Fed Ex Trade Networks 119, 120, 121 879-1577 819-3339
Trans American Customs Brokers 141 800-333-0465 285-6646
Livingston International 132 285-4033 285-5253
A.N. Derringer 133 282-3895 282-3661
Russell A. Farrow Inc. 136 282-7799 282-7790
Cataract Custom House Brokerage 138 282-7854 282-7915
Dept. of Agriculture 149    
BCB International 150 284-4728 284-4938
Food & Drug Administration 142, 143, 153 284-4169 282-0793
W.F. Willson International 203 282-3106 282-3108
Norman Jensen 134 285-6600 285-6646

Queenston Warehouse - Brokers

Russell A. Farrow, LTD. 215 262-4256 262-4024
Universal Logistics Inc. 205 262-5381 262-5865
Wm Rutherford, LTD. 212 262-4803 262-5617
W.G. McKay, LTD. 204 262-5121 262-5250
Reimer Express Lines Limited 207    
Fed Ex Trade Networks 209 262-5563 262-5759
Cole International, Inc. 214 262-6500 262-6501
Affiliated Customs Brokers 216 262-4551 262-5585
Transamerican Customs Brokers of Canada 206    
GC Customs Brokers 213 262-6868 262-6819
Peninsula Customs Brokers 203 262-5033 262-5577
Federated Customs Brokers 210 262-4646 262-5454
Newport-Lyman Logistics, Inc. 208 262-0657 262-0656
Livingston International 217 262-4262 262-4100
W.F. Willson Brokerage 202 262-5353 262-4424
Tripar Transportation 211 262-0151 262-0153
UTI Canada, Inc. 201 262-5078 262-5818

 

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