Remember back in the 50's & 60's the Champlain Bridge still had tolls on it, & could be payed by using a quarter or the old Bridge Tokens,....even the Victoria Bridge had a toll booth as did Jacques Cartier ,althought the latter two had dropped their tolls & the Champlain Bridge continued charging for quite sometime into the 70's I believe. Apprently there is talk of renewing the tolls again, not sur when or if this is going to really take place,but soon you may be seeing te familiar old toll booths back on the bridges,here's te old toll booth building on the Champlain Bridge ,which was usually the starting line for those old Red Chevy Biscayne Champlain Bridge Police Vehicles,which Btw: had 427 cid V8's in them which could catch the fastest of cars in their day, I know cause we tried to run the toll( just for fun ) in a fast car or so we thought,.and the old plain-jane red 4 door ,non-descript,Chevy pulled alongside,with ease ......a ticke t was issued ,..lol & that was that.......
Typical though the cop had a sense of humour & laughed ,becuase noone thought these things could travel like that, he caught us before we got to the end of the bridge on the southshore side....
ps: I have not been keeping up to date with this blog lately,but I will pop in occasionally.................................................................................hf&rv
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