Have you ever ridden a ferry boat?

[Old Arkansawyer]

OP, you should be close to the ferry at Bull Shoals Lake, connects Mo. to
Ar. highways, only operates during daylight hours. Also if you have a truck or other large vehicle you will need a recent proof of weight from an approved scales. I take it most times when I visit my nephew in Mo.
I am sure more folks than I have ridden the ferry at New Orleans on the
Mississippi.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Speaking of Arkansas- the very first Ferry I ever rode went from Friars Point, MS to Helena, AR.
Way back, there was a bridge over the Big Muddy at Greenville.
Going N, next bridge was Memphis.

 

[Muley Gil]

I've been on two car ferries. One was the Jamestown, VA-Williamsburg, VA ferry. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one-White's Ferry that crosses the Potomac between Maryland and Virginia.

White's Ferry - Wikipedia

 

[gonerydin]

OP, you should be close to the ferry at Bull Shoals Lake, connects Mo. to
Ar. highways, only operates during daylight hours. Also if you have a truck or other large vehicle you will need a recent proof of weight from an approved scales. I take it most times when I visit my nephew in Mo.
I am sure more folks than I have ridden the ferry at New Orleans on the
Mississippi.

I've ridden the Peel ferry many times. Most recent was last August.

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[Kurusu]

As for people ferries, I've taken those a number of places, but those are really just boats, right?

Me thinks anything that takes you across a river is a ferry. Even though we generally only use the word when they move cars.

 

[BearBio]

Many times:

Ferry from Vallejo to Fishermen's Wharf in Cali.
Iselton Ferry (?) in the Sacramento Delta.
Ferry on Roosevelt Lake in WA.
Others I don't remember.

 

[Golddollar]

Wow it's been a long time. I use to take the Staten Island Ferry many years ago. Nice little trip into NY.

Back when I was growing up I went to NYC with my dad, and we went out on the Staten Island Ferry. The fare was a nickel if I remember correctly.

Back around 1960, Pop and I took a car ferry running from Michigan into Ontario.

The last time I rode a ferry boat was on the Eastern Shore of Maryland from Crisfield out to Smith Island (home of the 7 layer Smith Island cake).

 

[Kurusu]

What I won't do however is get on a ferry in Asia , Africa or some parts of Europe as they seem to sink on a regular basis

Any ship that floats on water can sink under it. Anywhere, anytime.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Back when I was younger and foolish my Buddy Bob and I hired a homemade plywood outrigger from the Bataan Peninsula to Corregidor.
Right across the Manila ship channel with big ugly rusty freighters!

 

[ameridaddy]

It's been closed since about 2014 but at one time was the longest continuously running ferry on the Mississippi River. It began operations in 1853.

Bridgehunter.com | Canton Ferry

That thing looks scary top heavy. Is the power part permanently attached to the car deck for stability?

 

[ameridaddy]

Not too far from me is the Hatton Pole Ferry, claims to be the last poled ferry crossing in the USA. It still operates, river conditions permitting, April-October. You can see the ferryman with his pole on the starboard side in the color pic. A little scary crossing on it, but the area around Scottsville is gorgeous, and the smallmouth fishing excellent.

 

[Onomea]

Staten Island Ferry. Cape May to Delaware. Cape Charles to Virginia Beach before the bridge-tunnel. Hatteras to Ocracroke on the Outer Banks before the bridge.

Singapore to Tioman Island in Malaysia. Phuket to Phi Phi Island in Thailand. Hong Kong to Macau.

I've been on others, I'm sure, especially in Europe as a child, but the above are those that come readily to mind.

 

[Iggy]

Just the one to the Statue of Liberty.

 

[mtgianni]

We have at least three in MT. I don't think you can fit two vehicles on but all will take a truck with a small trailer. I have canoed under the cables and road them too.

 

[walkin jack]

Living so close to the Texas Gulf Coast I have been riding the Bolivar Ferry all my life. It is a short trip, about 20 minutes. Connects Galveston Island with Bolivar Island.

I haven't ridden it much and not for many years for we also have the Crosby/Lynchburg Ferry across the Houston Ship Channel. Get on at the San Jacinto Battlegrounds and get off on the Crosby side...or vice/versa

 

[meaneyedcatz]

I have ridden on every ferry you have in your post. I grew up in Reynolds county and remember the Akers ferry well when it was current driven with no propulsion other then water.
I remember once crossing it on a school bus. They made all the students get out and ride the ferry first and then went back and got the bus.
After being discharged from the Navy I moved about 45 miles north of St. Louis where I've ridden on the Winfield, golden eagle and the Brussels ferries.
The few times I needed to go to Grafton or Alton it was faster to take the ferries then to go by highway only.

Hey neighbor!!!
I remember a time I was on the Kampsville ferry on the Illinois and two tractors lumbered aboard. There were Huge John Deere articulated models with eight tires. I was in the first row and these beasts slowly rolled on. I could feel the barge squirm in the water and it started creaking and popping. It was fascinating and just a bit creepy. Gates closed and you could could tell the big diesel was earning its pay.

These modern bridges with the sides high enough you can't see the water are so boring and sterile.

 

[Baggy Wrinkle]

In my misbegotten youth, before I transferred to the deep water Navy I was a marine inspector in the USCG in Seattle. Ferry boats was one of our primary jobs. Inspecting new construction 200-car double ended ferries owned by Washington State Ferries was interesting, then putting them in service with regular quarterly inspections gives one a special attachment to those ships. I never fail to enjoy riding them on my regular trips to visit my daughter.

As a youngster we would travel from E. Washington to San Francisco twice a year and have two ferry crossings of the Columbia River enroute. One was at Vantage where there is now the I-90 bridge. It was a deck barge with a tug alongside. The other ferry was a self-propelled barge at Biggs which now has a high level bridge on US-97.

Of the many interesting smaller ferries I have ridden is a 12-car ferry on the River Barrow just below Waterford, Ireland. The crossing is about 8 minutes and costs about 12 Euro per car.

Bottom line, like the OP, I love riding ferries and enjoy every moment of the crossing - even when bumpy.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Texas Department of Transportation still runs free ferry service from Galveston to Bolivar Island. When the kids were younger, we made a point of going every summer.

 

[Salty RI]

I grew up on a island and back in the 50's we would ride the ferry to another island for .25 as long as you didn't get off you could ride back and forth all day for .25.

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