He judged the distance between the bank and the auto ferry as greater now- perhaps eighteen feet.

In 1923, the state of Michigan began an auto ferry service that was the first such system to be state-owned.

The Harley was less than six inches from the edge of the auto ferry's deck.

Another auto ferry pier operated at the foot of Broadway.

Rourke worked out a scenario in his mind to explain the presence of the auto ferry.

The ferry is the only auto ferry in a landlocked western state.

The catamarans are much cheaper to operate, needing only four crew members to the auto ferry's 11.

The city features auto ferry service to Sombra, Ontario, Canada across the river.

If legislators, who must appropriate subsidies, agree to the new boats, ferry managers will cut back significantly on auto ferry service.

Southern Pacific used Garden City as a relief boat for their auto ferry run on the old "creek route".

Rourke's hands gripped the handlebars like a pair of vices, his eyes already focused on the auto ferry deck.

"We compete with our own auto ferries," said Don Nutter, of the ferry system's planning division.

The slower speed made the crossing time similar or equal to the auto ferry operating on the same route, making the passenger-only service redundant.

Rourke throttled out the bike, already gauging the distance from the river bank to the auto ferry moored there.

The Steamship Authority runs a year-round two and a half hour auto ferry service to Nantucket.

It is served by Champion's Auto Ferry.

Rourke hacked again with the knife blade, the rope fraying and snapping as the current tugged at the auto ferry.

SR 339 was the only passenger-only ferry that served the island; the other three ferries are auto ferries.

Beaver Island Boat Company runs a scheduled auto ferry service from Charlevoix during most of the year.

I took the auto ferry downstream- I make it about twenty-five miles or so- and that's where I removed the bullet along your ribs.

Garden City stayed on the "creek route" as a passenger ferry when auto ferry service was shifted to the Oakland pier.

Beaver Island Boat Company maintains a regular auto ferry from Charlevoix:

The surviving auto ferries were idled when the Richmond - San Rafael Bridge opened in 1956.

Year round passenger and auto ferry, as well as freight service is operated to Nantucket from the mainland terminal in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

By 1926, a major auto ferry across the Golden Gate was established, running to the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco.