Opinion ID: 796834
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Heading: Ferry Service on Long Island

Text: 5 Cross Sound provides vehicular and high-speed passenger ferry service between New London and Orient Point on the North Fork. Passengers on Cross Sound's service who wish to proceed further south from Orient Point to East Hampton may take a car, bus, or train 6 miles west to Greenport, board a vehicular ferry to Shelter Island (15 minutes), drive to the southern end of Shelter Island (5 miles), and take another vehicular ferry to Sag Harbor (5 minutes), which straddles the border between the western end of East Hampton and the eastern end of the Town of Southampton. Travel between Connecticut and East Hampton also can be effected by taking a vehicular ferry from Bridgeport, Connecticut to Port Jefferson on the northern shore of Long Island (75 minutes) and then driving to East Hampton (52 miles). In addition, passengers can use the seasonal ferry service between New London and Montauk during May through September. 6