On the Yukon River at the town of Dawson City there is a ferry crossing which has no permanent ramp on the west side of the river. Instead it has a beach where a D-9 Cat creates a new gravel ramp each time the ferry noses into the beach.

Also in the north country, in Ketchikan, AK to get to the airport from the town one has to take a ferry across the Tongass Narrows. You may all remember the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” in Alaska. That bridge was supposed to connect the town to the airport via another island containing high end vacation homes. Thankfully for the US taxpayers the bridge didn’t happen and the ferry still runs.