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New page: {{wikipedia}} The '''Gulf Intracoastal Waterway''' is the portion of the Wikipedia:Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inlan...
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The '''Gulf Intracoastal Waterway''' is the portion of the [[Wikipedia:Intracoastal Waterway]] located along the [[Gulf Coast]] of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1700 kilometers (1050 mi) from [[Wikipedia:Carrabelle, Florida|Carrabelle, Florida]], to [[Wikipedia:Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville, Texas]].
The waterway provides a channel with a controlling depth of 3.7 meters (12 ft), designed primarily for barge transportation. Although the U.S. government proposals for such a waterway were made in the early 19th century,<ref name="handbook">{{cite web
| title=The Handbook of Texas Online
| work=University of Texas
| url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/rrg4.html
| accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was not completed until 1949.<ref name="alperin">{{cite web
| author=Lynn M. Alperin
| title=History of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
| work=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History
| format=PDF
| url=http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/misc/nws83-9/entire.pdf
| accessdate=2006-04-03}}</ref>
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway includes the following waterways and crossings in the greater Pensacola area:
*[[Mobile Bay]]
*[[Bon Secour Bay]]
*Manmade canal
** [[Alabama State Road 59|Alabama 59]]
** [[Foley Beach Express]]
*[[Perdido Bay]]
*[[Big Lagoon State Park|Big Lagoon]]
*[[Pensacola Bay]]
** [[Pensacola Beach Bridge]]
** [[State Road 399|Florida 399]]
** [[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]
*[[Santa Rosa Sound]]
*[[Choctawhatchee Bay]]
** [[State Road 293|Florida 293]]
** [[U.S. Highway 331|US 331]]
*[[West Bay]]
** [[State Road 79|Florida 79]]
** [[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]
*[[St. Andrews Bay|St. Andrews Bay]]
* [[East Bay]]
** [[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]
** [[Gulf County Road 386|Gulf CR 386]]
** [[State Road 71|Florida 71]]
*[[Apalachicola Bay]]
** [[John Gorrie Memorial Bridge|John Gorrie Bridge]] ([[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]/[[U.S. Highway 319|US 319]])
** [[State Road 300|Florida 300]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Bodies of water]] [[Category:Maritime topics]]
The '''Gulf Intracoastal Waterway''' is the portion of the [[Wikipedia:Intracoastal Waterway]] located along the [[Gulf Coast]] of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1700 kilometers (1050 mi) from [[Wikipedia:Carrabelle, Florida|Carrabelle, Florida]], to [[Wikipedia:Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville, Texas]].
The waterway provides a channel with a controlling depth of 3.7 meters (12 ft), designed primarily for barge transportation. Although the U.S. government proposals for such a waterway were made in the early 19th century,<ref name="handbook">{{cite web
| title=The Handbook of Texas Online
| work=University of Texas
| url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/rrg4.html
| accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was not completed until 1949.<ref name="alperin">{{cite web
| author=Lynn M. Alperin
| title=History of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
| work=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History
| format=PDF
| url=http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/misc/nws83-9/entire.pdf
| accessdate=2006-04-03}}</ref>
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway includes the following waterways and crossings in the greater Pensacola area:
*[[Mobile Bay]]
*[[Bon Secour Bay]]
*Manmade canal
** [[Alabama State Road 59|Alabama 59]]
** [[Foley Beach Express]]
*[[Perdido Bay]]
*[[Big Lagoon State Park|Big Lagoon]]
*[[Pensacola Bay]]
** [[Pensacola Beach Bridge]]
** [[State Road 399|Florida 399]]
** [[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]
*[[Santa Rosa Sound]]
*[[Choctawhatchee Bay]]
** [[State Road 293|Florida 293]]
** [[U.S. Highway 331|US 331]]
*[[West Bay]]
** [[State Road 79|Florida 79]]
** [[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]
*[[St. Andrews Bay|St. Andrews Bay]]
* [[East Bay]]
** [[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]
** [[Gulf County Road 386|Gulf CR 386]]
** [[State Road 71|Florida 71]]
*[[Apalachicola Bay]]
** [[John Gorrie Memorial Bridge|John Gorrie Bridge]] ([[U.S. Highway 98|US 98]]/[[U.S. Highway 319|US 319]])
** [[State Road 300|Florida 300]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Bodies of water]] [[Category:Maritime topics]]