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State Route 339 (SR 339) is a 8.5-nautical-mile-long (9.8 mi; 15.7 km) [1] state highway in the U.S. state of Washington.It is designated on a former state-run ferry route that connected Vashon Island's Vashon Heights ferry terminal to downtown Seattle's Pier 50, via a passenger-only ferry, the MV Skagit.
The Bremerton, Seattle ferry schedule remains on a one-boat schedule, and the holiday sailings will not change from the current weekday schedule. The Southworth, Fauntleroy, Vashon ferry remains ...
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
I took a $6.50 ferry to Vashon Island, a scenic spot near Seattle.. The ferry ride was only 20 minutes long and had beautiful views of the Puget Sound. I had a great time on the island and even ...
The Vashon Island Ferry Terminal is also served by Washington State Ferries routes to Southworth in Kitsap County and the Fauntleroy terminal in West Seattle. [36] Connecting services include King County Metro bus routes 118 and 119 , which traverse Vashon and Maury islands. [ 37 ]
Fauntleroy–Vashon: Vashon Island: West Seattle SR 160: 3,059,587 1,738,721 All three services operated together as a "triangle route." Fauntleroy–Southworth: Southworth: West Seattle (Fauntleroy) Southworth–Vashon: Southworth Vashon Island 200,672 109,548 Point Defiance–Tahlequah: Tahlequah, Vashon Island Tacoma (Point Defiance) SR 163
The boat began operating on the Vashon route in April 2015, replacing two leased boats. [5] The vessel was named for Sally Fox, a Vashon Island activist who fought for passenger ferry service to the island. [6] It is the sister ship of the MV Doc Maynard, which entered service in 2016. [7]
The Point Defiance–Tahlequah ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between the Point Defiance ferry terminal in Tacoma and Tahlequah, Washington, on the southern tip of Vashon Island. Since 1951 the only ferries employed on the route have belonged to the Washington state ferry system , currently the largest ferry system in the United States.