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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]
Ferry viewed from above in 2023. The ferry Wahkiakum had been operated by Wahkiakum County, Washington since 1962, [2] between Cathlamet, Washington and Westport, Oregon. According to the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce, the ferry held nine cars and a ride across the Columbia took about ten minutes. [7]
It is operated by WSDOT and was the first ferry operated by the state of Washington. [8] The Guemes Island ferry from Anacortes 5 minutes north to Guemes Island is operated by Skagit County, Washington. [9] Wahkiakum County operates the Wahkiakum County Ferry between Puget Island, Washington and Westport, Oregon on the lower Columbia River.
Wahkiakum County, with Cathlamet as the county seat, was created by the First Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington in 1854. [5]: 126 Early settlers came from Great Britain and the eastern United States until around 1870, when they were followed by a large number of immigrants from Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Dalmatia. From 1870 ...
Puget Island is a 7.5 sq mi(4,785 acre; 19.365 km 2) island and Census-designated place (CDP) in the Columbia River in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States. The island was named for Peter Puget, a lieutenant in the Vancouver Expedition of exploration, which first mapped the island in 1792. [3]
Wahkiakum County ferry; S. Washington State Route 4; U. U.S. Route 830; W. Washington State Route 403; Washington State Route 409 This page was last edited on 2 ...
Astoria-Megler Bridge: 13.5 [1]: US 101: Astoria, Oregon to Megler, Washington: Wahkiakum County Ferry: 43.2 SR 409: Westport, Oregon to Puget Island, Washington: Julia Butler Hansen Bridge
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway established in 1926 that runs for 518 miles (834 km) from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina, north to US 1 in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia.