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The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a 17-mile (27 km) crossing of the Delaware Bay connecting North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9 [ 1 ] and is the final crossing of the Delaware River -Delaware Bay waterway before it meets the Atlantic Ocean .
The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) is a bi-state government agency of the U.S. states of Delaware and New Jersey established by an interstate compact in 1962. [2]The authority operates the Delaware Memorial twin suspension bridges, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry between Cape May, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, the Forts Ferry Crossing, and the Salem County Business Center.
U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a United States Numbered Highway in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, running from Laurel, Delaware, to Champlain, New York.In New Jersey, the route runs 166.80 miles (268.44 km) from the Cape May–Lewes Ferry terminal in North Cape May, Cape May County, where the ferry carries US 9 across the Delaware Bay to Lewes, Delaware, north to the George Washington ...
Cape May–Lewes Ferry (Delaware Bay) US 9: Lewes and Cape May: Zoom out if map is blank. Forts Ferry Crossing (April–September) : Fort DuPont State Park, Delaware and Fort Mott, New Jersey
U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the Northeastern United States.It is one of only two U.S. Highways with a ferry connection (the Cape May–Lewes Ferry, between Lewes, Delaware, and North Cape May, New Jersey); the other is US 10.
Four of the seven ferries operated by the Virginia Ferry Company were acquired by the Delaware River and Bay Authority, including Princess Anne, which was renamed New Jersey. [18] [19] She and the other three ferries were subsequently placed on a route between Cape May, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware. [16] In 1979, New Jersey was sold again. [6]
Clackamas County, Oregon (Canby Ferry) Cable pulled ferry across the Willamette River in the vicinity of Canby, Oregon [7] Cape May–Lewes Ferry (service between Cape May County, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, across the Delaware Bay) Casco Bay Lines (service between Portland, Maine, and the Islands of Casco Bay)
The Cape May–Lewes Ferry provides an alternate route between travelers from New Jersey and the Northeastern states to southern Delaware. On clear days, the skyline of Philadelphia is visible in the distance on the left going to New Jersey and on the right leaving New Jersey. Wilmington, Delaware, only a few miles away from the bridge, is also ...