buoyaCruising GuideGet the app
Bridge · Okeechobee Waterway

U.S. Route 27 twin highway bridges at Moore Haven

Last checked 21 Oct 2026
Vertical clearance
55 ft
Okeechobee Waterway · Mile
78.4
Type
Fixed
Datum
MHW

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

“At Mile 78.4, U.S. Route 27 twin highway bridges have fixed spans with a clearance of 55 feet.”
NOAA U.S. Coast Pilot 4, 2026 (58th) Edition, Chapter 12 – Intracoastal Waterway

The reach

Coast Pilot 4 puts this between Moore Haven Lock and Ortona Lock, in Caloosahatchee Canal; the railroad swing bridge at Mile 78.3 has a clearance of 5 feet.

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.

Show it in buoyaAll bridges →

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.