Originally Posted by
jamawani
For a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s the Ste. Genevieve ferry was not operating.
I suspect that they switched the route then.
Even when the ferry resumed - it was hit-or-miss for a while.
Ferries require subsidies and when the money goes - so does the ferry.
(Of course, bridges cost bazillions - - buy hey.)
When we lived in Lebanon, IL, many times I wanted to ride down to Ste. Genevieve and back. Invariably, anytime conditions were otherwise favorable, and I had the time to do it, the ferry was closed. I never did get to ride across on it.