Locale | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Waterway | Mississippi River |
Transit type | Ferry |
Operator | Crescent City Connection Division, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |
Began operation | 1827 |
Website | Crescent City Connection Ferries |
The Canal Street Ferry, also known as the Algiers Ferry, is a ferry across the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana, connecting the foot of Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans with Algiers on the West Bank.[1] It carries pedestrians only for $2.00 one way. This increase in price from (formerly) free took effect February 23, 2014. The Crescent City Connection Division of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development operates the ferry. Ferries depart daily from the West Bank on the hour and half hour, beginning at 6 a.m. (06:00) Departures from the East Bank are on the quarter-hour and three quarters hour, the last leaving at 12:15 a.m. (00:15).[2][3]