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King County Water Taxi at Seattle's Pier 50 in 2010. In April 2009, the West Seattle route was renamed from the Elliott Bay Water Taxi to the King County Water Taxi. [14] Later that year, on September 28, 2009, the Vashon Island/Downtown Seattle route was transferred from Washington State Ferries and became the second King County Water Taxi ...
State Route 339 (SR 339) is a 8.5-nautical-mile-long (9.8 mi; 15.7 km) [1] state highway in the U.S. state of Washington.It is designated on a former state-run ferry route that connected Vashon Island's Vashon Heights ferry terminal to downtown Seattle's Pier 50, via a passenger-only ferry, the MV Skagit.
King County Water Taxi and Downtown Seattle. The King County Department of Transportation operates two passenger-only ferry services known as the King County Water Taxi with service from Downtown Seattle to Vashon Island and West Seattle. [11] Kitsap Transit operates passenger-only ferries between Port Orchard and Bremerton, and Annapolis and ...
The aluminum catamaran was built in 2014 by All American Marine in Bellingham, Washington for US$6.25 million (US$8.03 million in 2023 dollars [4]), and is used primarily on the Vashon Island–Seattle route. The boat began operating on the Vashon route in April 2015, replacing two leased boats. [5]
The King County Water Taxi uses route numbers 973 and 975. Currently routes serving the private Lakeside School and University Prep in Seattle are assigned route numbers 980-999. Route
The Spirit of Kingston entered service in March during a week-long repair of Rich Passage 1, but was recalled by King County for use on the West Seattle Water Taxi. [62] [63] The Kingston route began service on November 26, 2018, using MV Finest, a former NY Waterway catamaran acquired and refurbished by Kitsap Transit earlier in the year. [64]
The now-demolished Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle King County Water Taxi and downtown Seattle. Transportation in Seattle is largely focused on the automobile like many other cities in western North America; however, the city is just old enough for its layout to reflect the age when railways and trolleys predominated.
Seattle (Colman Dock) SR 305: 4,751,576 1,624,900 Seattle–Bremerton: Bremerton: SR 304: 952,875 358,846 Fauntleroy–Vashon Vashon Island: West Seattle SR 160: 2,200,335 1,324,659 All three services operated together as a "triangle route." Fauntleroy–Southworth Southworth: Southworth–Vashon Southworth Vashon Island Point Defiance–Tahlequah