Two legs or four: All welcome to board Mukilteo's ferry ramp
MUKILTEO — In with the “pickle forks” and out with the “zebra stripes.”
That’s some of the lingo when talking shop with state officials about progress at the $187 million ferry terminal that opened in late 2020.
The “pickle forks” are those protruding prongs that secure the ferry to the overhead boarding walkway to ensure passengers crossing the gate don’t topple into the sea. The walkway was put into service on Monday, four months after the terminal’s first sailing on Dec. 29.
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For the first time in 64 years, walk-on passengers on the Mukilteo-Clinton route have their own boarding ramp and don’t have to use the car deck. That’s the way it had been since the old terminal was built in 1957.
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