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SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a distance of 62 miles (100 km), connecting U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) between those two cities.
SS Badger connects the Wisconsin and Michigan segments of US 10. US 10 enters the state after it crosses Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington.Traffic is carried across the lake during the summer months on SS Badger, a privately owned car ferry. [6]
The S.S. Badger's daily crossings between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, were suspended indefinitely by operator Lake Michigan Carferry after the ramp system failed July 21.
The largest ferries in Michigan are the car ferries which cross Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. One of these, the SS Badger is one of the last remaining coal steamers on the Great Lakes and serves as a section of US Highway 10 (US 10). The Badger is also the largest ferry in Michigan, capable of carrying 600 passengers and 180 autos. As of 2018 ...
This is the S.S. Badger's 71st season on Lake Michigan. Under rainy grey skies, the S.S. Badger leaves Manitowoc, Friday, June 11, 2024, in Manitowoc, Wis. The Badger began its 71st season May 17 ...
The car ferry’s 70th season was cut short in mid-July after a mechanical failure of its ramping system in Ludington, Michigan. The Badger carries thousands of vehicles and passengers from ...
U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) in Wisconsin runs east–west across the central part of the state. It runs from the Prescott Drawbridge over the St. Croix River at Prescott east to the dock in Manitowoc where SS Badger crosses Lake Michigan to Ludington, Michigan. The highway is also designated as the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Highway for its ...
Connects to US 10 in Wisconsin via the SS Badger car ferry US 12: 210.077: 338.086 US 12 at New Buffalo Township: Michigan and Cass avenues in Detroit: 1926 [2] current Michigan Avenue US 16: 210.643: 338.997 Car ferry docks in Muskegon: US 10, US 12, US 25 and US 112 in Detroit: 1926 [2] 1962 [23] Replaced by I-96: US 23: 362.152