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Lake Express is a high-speed auto and passenger ferry that is in service on a route across Lake Michigan. Lake Express links the cities of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Muskegon, Michigan, from late spring to the fall of each year.
Background
The ship travels at a top speed of 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h)[1] and makes the 68-nautical-mile (78 mi; 126 km) trip three times daily from each side of the lake during the peak of its operational schedule. Lake Express is able to cross the lake in two and a half hours. It was constructed by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama,[1] and began service on June 1, 2004.[2] It was one of the first high-speed catamaran-style auto/passenger ferries built in the United States. It was also the first high-speed auto ferry to see service on the Great Lakes, beating out the Spirit of Ontario I, which was beset by a series of last-minute delays, by one month.
On August 21, 2005, the ferry rescued a man whose boat had capsized in the middle of Lake Michigan.[3]
Gallery
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Terminal in Milwaukee Harbor
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En route to Muskegon, Milwaukee fades away at the horizon
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Lake express visible from airplane
See also
- SS Milwaukee Clipper, an earlier ferry that sailed the same Milwaukee-to-Muskegon route
- SS Badger, another ferry on a more northern route across Lake Michigan
References
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austalwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mulherin, Brian (June 2, 2004). "Fast, Quiet, But Not So Smooth: Lake Express Rolls into Service with Excitement". Ludington Daily News. pp. A1–A2 – via Google News.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sandler, Larry (August 21, 2005). "Ferry Rescues Boater from Lake". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. pp. 1B–2B – via Google News.
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