Washington State Route 339
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| Seattle–Vashon Island PO ferry | ||||
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| Auxiliary route of SR 3 | ||||
| Defined by RCW 47.17.571 | ||||
| Maintained by WSF | ||||
| Length: | 9.8 mi (15.8 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1994 – present | |||
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| West end: |
 SR 160 – Vashon Heights ferry terminal |
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| East end: |
 SR 519 – Seattle Pier 50 ferry terminal |
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State Route 339 (SR 339) is a 8.5-nautical-mile-long (9.8 mi; 15.7 km)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. The ferry was financed by the King County Ferry District (KCFD) and tolls collected at Pier 50. Despite being part of the KCFD, the ferry was operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF). SR 339 was one of only four ferry routes providing access to and from Vashon Island, and had the lowest annual average ridership of the four routes. The state of Washington took over the operation of the ferry route in 1951, and designated it SR 339 in 1994. The ferry was discontinued in 2006 and was replaced by a King County Water Taxi route.
The entire route of SR 339 was in Puget Sound and was served by the MV Skagit. The passenger-only ferry started out from the Vashon Heights ferry terminal on Vashon Island and headed in a northerly direction, passing Blake Island State Park on the west. It briefly sailed into Kitsap County before the route turned east and passed the Alki Point Light and Alki Point before entering Elliott Bay, and docking at WSF's Pier 50, just south of Colman Dock, where the rest of the WSF operated ferries dock in Seattle.
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