<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> SR 519 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Seattle--Bainbridge ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Washington . The route was called the Seattle--Winslow ferry before the city of Winslow annexed the rest of the island and changed its name . Since 1951 the only ferries employed on the route have belonged to the Washington state ferry system, currently the largest ferry system in the United States . </P> <P> This ferry route is 8.6 miles long, with terminals at Colman Dock in Seattle and, on Bainbridge Island, at Winslow . Near the Winslow terminal is the main shipyard for the Washington State Ferry system . </P> <P> Before ferries were dominant on Puget Sound, the route was served by passenger and freight - carrying steamboats . The wooden steamship Florence K served the route for the Eagle Harbor Transportation Co., until 1915 when the company put the new steamer Bainbridge on the route, and shifted Florence K to the Seattle--Port Washington route . </P>

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