On the way there, use the Rainbow Bridge, only about 1 mile from the Whirlpool Bridge.

407 is not in play here: it ends in Burlington.

Toll is payable only coming from US side. They got rid of "toll each side" about 25 years ago, figuring if you're going one way, you're probably going to come back the other direction. So 2 x $1.50 became 1 x $3.

That is my understanding as well but since I'm only driving Canada to US one-way (flying into YYZ and out of BUF - to avoid the US CBP charges on air travel), I'm thinking the card doesn't need to have any money on it and hoping that this would just be similar to a regular NEXUS lane at any other crossing accepting NEXUS/GE/SENTRI RFID.

I'll be the test subject. If the gate doesn't open, I'll head up to Rainbow Bridge.

I see Google Maps directs me to drive a portion of the tolled 407 between YYZ and Niagara (where 403 meets with the 407 around Erin Mills). Looks like I can just stay on the 403 all the way to Burlington.

I would be interested in hearing the result. CBSA told me that the barriers wouldn't operate if the card wasn't registered with the toll system (at the kiosk on the US side). I can think of a few circumstances where being able to cross with a zero-balance GE card would benefit friends of mine.

Anyone have any recommendations for this situation:
Land crossing with no NEXUS lane or closed NEXUS lane....
should I hand over my NEXUS card with my passport or not?

I can see it two ways.
On the one hand, the card indicates that you are a trusted traveler and might abbreviate the "interrogation" by the CBP/CBSA officer.
On the other hand, since the card isn't being "used" to cross the border, handing it over might be interpreted as inappropriately asking for special privileges which might irritate the officer, resulting in a less pleasant border crossing experience.

Anyone have experience with this and have recommendations to make?

I have used it. No difference good or bad I could tell.

Ditto

I crossed at the Whirlpool bridge using my Nexus card for the very first time (so no money added yet for the tolls), and the gate opened for me to enter and cross the bridge. On the way home, we stopped at the little house on the US side to add money to the card using the kiosk.

Today I had my interview and I learned NEXUS works with one eye -- they put a note on your file that the scan didn't succeed for the other eye and that's it (I have two eyes. One didn't scan.)

Also "NEXUS cardholders must advise of ANY changes to their vital information such as passport numbers/validity" this also means BCID / drivers license.

I'm guessing the crossing was from Canada to US?

Also look like I will not be the test subject. I found an appt on the same date as my Niagara appt in YUL. No need to rent a car. Just fly in, complete enrollment and fly out.

Ouch! The very difficulty in even locating this thread today (it was on Page 4) just reinforces in my mind that it doesn't belong in the Air Canada forum. It is only tangentially related to Air Canada. And much of it discusses land travel between the U.S. and Canada.

I think it should be its own sub-forum under Practical Travel Safety Issues. That way it can have individual threads devoted to specific areas of NEXUS. As it stands, it currently has 460 pages of replies. Does it really make sense to keep it here?

YES.

We all know where it is, and any Google search even remotely suggesting "nexus" and "information" lands you immediately here anyhow.

I'm not passionately attached to the idea of moving it, but occasionally, it does cross my mind that it really should be in a more logical place. You're right--it really is off-topic for the AC forum.

Up to the mods, I suppose. Did you PM one of them or RBP a post in this thread with that suggestion?

I think that's how I found out about FT in the first place.

And now look at me... I'm a regular poster, I have status, and I do MRs.

Make sure you don't lose the receipt from the tolls. It gives you your account number so you can fill the toll on-line in the future from the NFB web site. The card can be used to pay at Lewiston and Rainbow also at a discounted rate as at the Whirlpool but not at the Peace Bridge. Whatever currency you used the first time you must use forever.

As a Canadian living in the US, that's extremely annoying.