Vertical clearance
56 ft
Okeechobee Waterway · Mile
17.01
Type
Fixed
Datum
Waterway stage
This clearance is referred to a stage of the waterway itself, not to a tidal datum. Wind, rain and the level the Corps holds change what is really there.
“referred to a St. Lucie Canal stage of 14.5 feet”
“State Route 76A fixed highway bridge crossing the canal at Mile 17.01 has a clearance of 56 feet.”Datum
Coast Pilot 4, under the heading “Heights”: “Overhead clearances on the St. Lucie Canal from St. Lucie Lock to Port Mayaca Lock are referred to a St. Lucie Canal stage of 14.5 feet.” The figure is therefore not referred to a tidal datum.
Not the cables at Mile 17.1
Coast Pilot 4 names two structures here: overhead power and telephone cables at Mile 17.1, also 56 feet, and this bridge at Mile 17.01.
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.