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Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands .
The Keller Ferry carries State Route 21 across Lake Roosevelt on the upper Columbia River between the Colville Indian Reservation and Clark. It is operated by WSDOT and was the first ferry operated by the state of Washington. [5] The Guemes Island ferry from Anacortes 5 minutes north to Guemes Island is operated by Skagit County, Washington. [6]
WSDOT manages the official ferry service in Washington. WSDOT's ferry service, called Washington State Ferries, is the largest in the United States and third largest in the world. [33] Ferries had been in the Puget Sound since the 1950s. [34] There are 10 routes and 22 ferries currently operating. [35] [36]
SR 305 begins at Colman Dock in Seattle and travels on the Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry to Bainbridge Island. The ferry, operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF), is on a 8.6-mile-long (13.8 km) route and is served by the Jumbo Mark-II-class MV Tacoma and MV Wenatchee, traveling at a speed of 18 knots (21 mph) for a 35-minute crossing.
And, according to Washington State Ferries, an estimated 300,000 riders anticipated Wednesday through Sunday. Holidays bring together families and friends, but they also bring high traffic traveling.
The Anacortes–San Juan Islands ferry is a system of ferry routes operated by Washington State Ferries in the United States. The routes serve Anacortes, Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Orcas Island, San Juan Island, and Sidney on Vancouver Island in Canada. [2] [3] Sidney service was suspended in March 2020 and is not planned to resume until 2030.
The Mukilteo–Clinton ferry, operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF), takes approximately 20 minutes for each of its 39 daily round-trip crossings. [9] As of October 2017, WSF charges a fare of $5.05 per walk-on passenger and $8.95 per vehicle during off-peak seasons, with varying fares depending on passenger age and vehicle size. [10]
Average traffic volumes on the highway in 2016 ranged from a minimum of 1,100 vehicles at the Bremerton ferry terminal to a maximum of 30,000 vehicles at the SR 3 interchange. [21] The Seattle–Bremerton route operated by Washington State Ferries carried 2.46 million total passengers in 2019, including over 650,000 vehicles. [22]