crossing

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The shorter and more predictable crossing times would reduce the need for trucking companies to build buffers into their schedules, the studies said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

OTTAWA—Trade tensions between Ottawa and Washington have delayed the opening of a new multibillion-dollar bridge aimed at alleviating the traffic congestion on North America’s busiest land crossing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Separately, the court was shown footage of Tajik, 32, with his hand on the tiller of a small boat which embarked on a Channel crossing during foggy conditions on 17 January.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

There’s a great train-track crossing sequence that’s also a vicious callback to Richard Dreyfuss’ epiphany in “Close Encounters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Few would risk crossing the Atlantic without a copy of Appleton’s Railroad and Steamboat Companion.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood