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.jpg) The Pocahontas carrying vehicles across the James River in 2015 | |||
| Waterway | James River | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Virginia State Route 31 | ||
| Carries | Automobiles and buses | ||
| Operator | Virginia Department of Transportation | ||
| Began operation | 1925; state run since 1945 | ||
| No. of vessels | 4 (Pocahontas, Williamsburg, Surry, Powhatan) | ||
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The Jamestown Ferry (also known as the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry) is a free automobile and bus ferry service across a navigable portion of the James River in Virginia. It carries State Route 31, connecting Jamestown in James City County with Scotland Wharf in Surry County.
The service provides the only vehicle crossing of the river between the James River Bridge downstream at Newport News and the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge upriver near Hopewell. It is toll-free and operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The vessels carry over 900,000 passengers annually.[1] Operations are based at the Scotland Wharf in Surry County.
- ^ Swenson, Ben; Miller, Corey (March 2021). "Crossing the James". Williamsburg Magazine. Williamsburg, Virginia.