Washington State has a arrangement of state highways. These are called as State Routes in Washington. It also has a ferry arrangement which is the largest ferry service in the whole nation. It is also stands at number 3 when world ferry systems are compared. There are 16 airports owned by the state and the department of transportation in Washington State. One of the busiest airports is Boeing Field that is located in Seattle. Another major airport o f the state is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport]. There are many exceptions to the transportation services and needs of the people of Washington State because of the region’s exclusive geography.
Because of this uniqueness, widespread waterways are situated in some of the largest cities of Washington. This includes cities like Bellevue, Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma. The highways form a widespread network and the ferry serve as a solution to transportation problems in the Puget Sound area. The naval highway of Washington State constitute a armada of 28 ferries which pilot Puget Sound and its inner waterways provide ferry to 20 ports of call. Along with is, Washington State also houses floating bridges. Out if the five longest bridges in the world, it is a home to four. These bridges are Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge and Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, that lie over Washington Lake, evergreen point floating bridge and hood Canal Bridge. The hood Canal Bridge also connects Kitsap Peninsula and Olympic Peninsula.
Washington State’s roads are spread over eight passes that are minor and 7 passes that are major. During winter seasons, many of these passes are protected and kept safe from avalanche by ploughing and sanding. All passes cannot be kept open due to the risk from avalanche and hence need to closed during winter seasons. One of the passes that are kept close every year is the state route 20.