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This is a list of waterways that form the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and crossings (bridges, tunnels and ferries) across it. The list runs from west to east ( Brownsville, Texas to Carrabelle, Florida ), in order of decreasing mile markers to Harvey, Louisiana and increasing after Harvey.
Ferry service is provided by the Texas Department of Transportation between Port Bolivar and Galveston. The Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry [11] can accommodate vehicles as heavy as 80,000 pounds, and as long as 65 feet, as high as 13.5 feet and as wide as 8.5 feet. [12] The ferry was closed because of Hurricane Ike [1] but re-opened on November ...
It also operates Kitsap Fast Ferries from Seattle to Bremerton, Kingston, and Southworth. [12] The small Jetty Island Ferry runs the short distance between the Everett Marina and the man made, unpopulated Jetty Island in the summer months for tourists. The Lady of the Lake ferry runs year-round from Chelan to Stehekin on Lake Chelan. [13]
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry will remain its current alternative schedule, with one-boat service for the popular route. Vessels depart roughly every 90 minutes through the day on the holiday and Friday.
The Texas Department of Transportation provides ferry service from Port Bolivar at the western end of the Bolivar Peninsula to Galveston. During the non-tourist season, there is only a tentative daily schedule for this service, running approximately every thirty minutes from either side during daylight hours and once an hour after nightfall.
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Two ferry routes, and up to five ferries, currently operate on Galveston Bay, taking passengers from Port Bolivar to Galveston Island.Because of increasing traffic, especially during summer months, TxDOT was studying the possibility of building a bridge to connect Galveston Island or Pelican Island to the Bolivar Peninsula; however, the decision was made not to build the bridge.
In 2015, Kitsap Transit drafted a business plan for a "fast ferry" system serving Bremerton, Kingston, and Southworth from Seattle, funded by a local sales tax and fares. [54] The Kitsap Transit board voted in April 2016 to place a 0.3 percent sales tax on the November 2016 ballot that would fund a three-route passenger-only ferry system to ...