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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 9:09 pm
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Analise, I've not made the crossing, but there's also an option a little west of I-87, on NY 22 at Mooers. (That's the same NY 22 that used to include the Bronx's Grand Concourse as part of its route.) You can take US 11 west to NY 22, or you can bail out from I-87 at Exit 41, and take NY 191 west to NY 22 north.

A little OT, but as of 4/1/11, Canada is closing a couple of little-used, part-time border crossings that are even further west of I-87; it looks like the U.S. may continue to staff them, however, which would turn them into one-way crossings.
Any recent news on which crossings are open for northbound traffic? We'll be heading from Plattsburgh to Montreal in July - peak traffic season! - and hope not to spend too much time at the border.
You might find this Wikipedia article useful (although I cannot vouch for its accuracy):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...rder_crossings
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