User:SounderBruce/Sandbox/Ferries

=Resources=


 * Bike information by terminal

=Mukilteo ferry terminal=
 * Use Bayview Park ferry wharf as a template

The Mukilteo ferry terminal is a Washington State Ferries terminal in Mukilteo, Washington, United States. It is situated on Possession Sound and serves as the southern terminus of the Clinton ferry route, part of State Route 525.

Facilities

 * Holding area capacity
 * Current: 216 vehicles, with backup onto highway
 * New terminal: 246 vehicles (700 feet)
 * Passenger amenities: bathrooms, food vendor space, elevators/stairs from overhead walkway to Sounder
 * Architecture: resembles tribal longhouse with stained Douglas fir texture; Lushhootseed signage
 * Artwork: Carved canoe suspended from ceiling
 * Designed by LMN Architects

History

 * Early ferries: 1911 (passenger-only), 1919 (cars)
 * Built in 1952 (or 1957?)
 * Fixed crossing proposals: 1968


 * Replacement
 * 1978 study with alternative locations to link to gulch roadway
 * 1980 proposal to link with Seaview Boulevard
 * 1999: New dock site proposed at fuel tank site
 * 2005: Funding difficulties
 * 2010: WSF considers moving ferry terminal to Everett or Edmonds to avoid rebuilding costs
 * Rebuilding begins in 2017
 * Bids over budget, signed in Dec 2018
 * Scheduled to open in late 2020
 * Opened December 29, 2020
 * Removal of old terminal in 2021

Services and connections

 * Ferry schedule
 * Trains and buses

Facilities

 * Bus loop up top
 * Lower deck for passenger ferries
 * Kitsap Transit office
 * Agency headquarters at adjoining Harborside Center, opened in November 2004

History

 * Construction and planning led by Kitsap Transit, as part of Sinclair Landing development
 * 1997: Transportation center approved by FTA
 * Navy offers land for terminal
 * 1998: Kitsap Transit approves private development
 * Construction begins on Gateway Project for SR 304 as well


 * Construction
 * December 1, 1998: Old terminal closes and is replaced by temporary facility


 * New terminal
 * September 2000: New terminal dedicated
 * Cost $33.3 million to raise building
 * Vision 2020 awards
 * 2007: Beautification effort starts
 * July 2009: Tunnel for westbound SR 304 to reduce downtown congestion

Services and connections

 * Ferry schedule
 * Foot ferries
 * Buses