Bridge · Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

Fixed highway bridge at Barnes Point

Last checked 21 Oct 2026
Vertical clearance
65 ft
Coast Pilot 4 calls this a design clearance.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway · Mile
1126.8
Type
Fixed
Datum
MHW

Clearances are published at Mean High Water. Tide, wind, waves and lake level change what is really there.

“A fixed highway bridge with design clearance of 65 feet crosses the waterway at Barnes Point.”
NOAA U.S. Coast Pilot 4, 2026 (58th) Edition, Chapter 12 – Intracoastal Waterway

Where it stands

Coast Pilot 4 places it where the waterway enters the dredged channel between Little Card Sound and Barnes Sound, opposite Barnes Point, Mile 1126.8.

Design clearance

Coast Pilot 4 gives this figure as a design clearance, not as a measured one, and names no bridge here.

Datum

Coast Pilot 4 chapter 12 does not restate a datum for this bridge clearance; chapter 1 gives cable clearances for the lowest wires at vertical datum, usually mean high water.

Sources & checks

Written by buoya editorial from the sources above. Every figure was checked against its source on 21 Oct 2026. Found something wrong? Report a correction.