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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 .
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] Wahkiakum County operates the Wahkiakum County Ferry between Puget Island, Washington and Westport, Oregon on the lower Columbia River.
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.
WSDOT continued to maintain SR 304 and it was re-added to the state highway system in 1993. [46] The Seattle–Bremerton ferry was added to SR 304 the following year as part of the incorporation of the ferry system into existing state highways by the legislature. [47] [48]
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]
The ferry ran three crossings on weekdays and six on weekends and a toll of $1.50 for vehicles and $0.25 for passengers was later charged. [47] After the establishment of Washington State Ferries in 1951, the 59-car MV Nisqually was assigned to the Edmonds–Kingston route.
The ferry connects SR 409 to a road that connects to U.S. Route 30, which runs 477.02 miles (767.69 km) across Oregon; [7] [8] Wahkiakum County began running the ferry in 1962, on a route from Westport to Puget Island. The ferry travels more than eighteen trips per day, and runs from 5:00 am to 10:15 pm [7] [9] and holds up to nine vehicles. [10]
The U.S. state of Washington has over 7,000 miles (11,000 km) of state highways maintained by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). [1] The highway system is defined through acts by the state legislature and is encoded in the Revised Code of Washington as State Routes (SR).