Washington State Route 339

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Basic data
Overall length:  9.8 mi. / 15.8 km
Starting point:  WA-160.svg WA 160 in Vashon Heights
End point:  WA-519.svg WA 519 in Seattle
County:  King County
Important cities:  Vashon Island
Seattle

The Washington State Route 339 (SR 339) is a 15.8, km long as Highway classified waterway in the US state of Washington , the Vashon Iceland to the center of Seattle combines. This highway is defined by Washington State law as the route between the ferry terminals in Seattle and Vashon Island and is operated as a passenger ferry service only, with up to ten bicycles being carried. The route is served by the Washington State Ferries system .

Route description

Vashon Heights

The entire course of State Route 339 is in Puget Sound and within King County . It is served by the motor ship Kalama . The passenger-only ferry leaves the Vashon Heights ferry terminal on Vashon Island heading north. The route passes Blake Island before heading more east and passing Alki Point . After a journey of about 35 minutes, the ship moored at Pier 50, south of Coleman Dock, where the rest of the WSF ferries are berthed.

The Kalama runs at a maximum speed of 25 knots (46.3 km / h). The ship has a capacity of 250 passengers, a length of 34.2 m and a width of 7.6 m. It is powered by four diesel units with a total power of 2840 hp . The draft is just under 2.5 m. The ferry runs three times a day in each direction from Monday to Friday, and traffic stops at the weekend.

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Ferry services to and from Vashon Island have existed for many decades and the state government took over operations on June 1, 1951. The Kalama ferry was built in 1989 and in 1994 the route was defined as the State Route.

The average daily number of passengers was 827 in 2003. In 1999, when the connection was also operated on Saturdays, the daily number of passengers was 1015.

Washington State Ferries will operate and maintain the Kalama until July 2009, when responsibility for operations will be taken over by King County. Even now, the connection is no longer supported by federal funds.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Seattle-Vashon Passenger-Only Including Seattle-Southworth Travel ( October 2, 2006 memento in the Internet Archive ) 2003 South Sound Travel Survey Analysis and Results Report
  2. ↑ RCW 47.17.571: State route No. 339 ( English ) Washington State Legislature. 1994. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
  3. ↑ a b Seattle / Vashon PO ( English ) In: Summer 2008 Schedule . Washington State Ferries . Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  4. ↑ a b M / V Kalama ( English ) In: Vessel Information . Washington State Ferries . Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  5. ↑ Janet I. Tu: Vashon Islanders symbolize love-hate relationship with ferries as they turn 50 , Seattle Times . June 1, 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2008. 
  6. ↑ King County Ferry District assumes cost of Vashon Island passenger-only service July 1. Washington State Department of Transportation, June 26, 2008, archived from the original on September 12, 2008 ; accessed on November 16, 2016 .