Halifax bridges crossing number increase [Video]

The amount of people crossing the Halifax bridges continues to rise, but the numbers have yet to fully return to pre-pandemic levels.

The Angus L. Macdonald and A. Murray MacKay bridges saw 32,911,767 total crossings in the 2023-2024 fiscal year, according to an annual report from the Halifax Harbour Bridges. The number represented a slight improvement over 2022-2023, which had 32,252,686 total crossings.

The 2017-2018 fiscal year had 33,921,000 total crossings.

“Traffic has rebounded strongly from what it was during the Covid-19 pandemic, but we’re only now reaching the traffic levels we used to see,” said Michael McFeters, chief financial officer with Halifax Harbour Bridges, in the release. “As that happens though, we seem to see more weekend traffic and rush hours that are spread out over a longer period of time.”

The report noted the an average busy weekday in 2023-2024 saw up to 110,000 vehicles on the bridges while years prior to 2020 saw average weekdays with 114,000 …