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The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, commonly referred to as the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry is a privately-owned transportation company that operates a passenger and vehicle ferry service across the Long Island Sound, between the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut and the Long Island village of Port Jefferson, New York.
Port Jefferson's ferry company was established in 1883 and was championed by influential circus owner P. T. Barnum. Barnum, who owned lands in both Port Jefferson and Bridgeport, Connecticut, became the new company's first president. [29] The village additionally serves as the eastern terminus for the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson Branch.
Bridgeport Harbor is an inlet on the north side of Long Island Sound in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was carved by the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age approximately 13,000 years ago. Bridgeport Harbor is a federal shipping port and a terminus of the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company , one of the oldest ferry companies ...
The MV P.T. Barnum docked at Port Jefferson. Ferries provide service between Long Island and Connecticut, notably the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry between Port Jefferson, New York and Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the Cross Sound Ferry between Orient Point, New York and New London, Connecticut. Some of the ferries that cross Long Island ...
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Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry; C. Chester–Hadlyme Ferry; Cross Sound Ferry; L. USS LST-510; R. Rocky Hill–Glastonbury Ferry This page was last edited on 28 ...
The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry, which operates out of Bridgeport roughly 25 miles east of the bridge and which had entered a new car and passenger ferry, the MV Grand Republic, into service three months prior to the collapse, saw a surge in ridership following the collapse, as many travelers traveling between Connecticut and Long Island ...