ICW Fixed Bridge Passage Data

I maintain a spreadsheet recording Onward’s passage through the fixed bridges on the ICW. Here are the data from my first passage. I’ve made 3 more which have been consistent with this. I make it a practice to go the bridges in flat water at idle forward to make it easy on the VHF - and my psyche.

In the spring of 2009 there were several new fixed bridges under construction that should cross the waterway by fall 2009. All of these are being built to better standards of clearance and should not pose the problems of the infamous bridges in the N.



ICW Bridges


Southbound




No
Mi Btwn
St. Mi.
Name
Pub. Hgth
HB-N
HB-S
Fender Boards
Tide Ft + MLW
Clearance

1


7.1

Interstate 64

65

-

-
-
-
1

2

21.6
28.7

Pongo Ferry

65

-

-
-
-
3

3

21.4
50.1

Coinjock

65

64.5

-

-
-
5

4

63.8
113.9

Fairfield

65

-

-
-
-
5

5

12.0
125.9

Wilkerson

64

-

-
-
-
4

6

31.2
157.1

Hobucken

65

-

-
-
-
3

7

38.8
195.9

Core Creek

65

65.5

-

-
-
1

8

7.9
203.8

Morehead City

65

65.3

-

-
-
2

9

2.9
206.7

Atlantic Beach

65

65.3

-

-
-
2

10

19.2
225.9

Emerald Isle

65

65.3
65.0

-

-
3

11

26.4
252.3

North Topsail Beach

65

65.5

65.0

-
-
3

12

43.4
295.7

Carolina Beach

65

NA

66.3

-

0.9
1

13

16.1
311.8

Yaupon Beach

65

65.5

-

-
-
2

14

11.7
323.5

Holden Beach

65

66.3
66.3

-

4.4
3

15

10.2
333.7

Ocean Isle

65

69.0
69.0

-

3.4
1

16

94.8
347.1

Nixon Crossroads

65

-

-
-
-
-

17

8.5
355.6

Conway Bypass

65

-

-
5+
2.5
1

18

2.5
358.1

Grande Dunes

65

-

-
-
2.7
1

19

2.5
360.6

Grissom Pkwy

65

65.5

-

-
2.6
1

20

4.8
365.4

Hwy 501

65


-

7
2.7
1

21

5.8
371.2

Rt 544

65

65.0

-

5+
2.4
2

22

29.9
401.1

Lafayette

65


-


1.9
2

23

61.2
462.3

Isle of Palms

65

68.0

-

5+
1.0
1

24

7.6
469.9

Mark Clark Expw

67


-

5+
5.2
1

25

9.4
479.3

John F. Limehouse

65

69.0

-

3
6.0
1

26

22.0
501.3

McKinley Washington

65

66.0

-

6+
6.1
1

27

38.3
539.6

Beaufort

65

NA

-
6+
2.5
1

28

17.9
557.5

J Wilton Graves

65

NA

-
5
7.7
1

29

25.0
582.5

Thunderbolt

65

-

-
-
-
2

30

91.8
674.3

Lanier Island

65

65.0

-

4
6.5
1

31

10.0
684.3

Jekyll Creek

65

-

-
5
1.0
1

32

36.5
720.8

Twin Bridges

65

66.5

-

6
3.2
2

33

21.8
742.6

Wonderwood

65

65.0

-

5
3.8
2

34

2.1
744.7

Atlantic Blvd

65

65.0

-

4+
2.2
3

35

4.6
749.3

Pablo Creek

65

66.5

-

4
2.2
1

36

9.5
758.8

Palm Valley

65

NA

NA
-
3.9
2

37

17.0
775.8

Usina

65

66.5

-

6
1.0
2

38

4.6
780.4

Mickler O'Connel

65

68.0

-

5 +2'
1.2
1

39

22.7
803.1

Palm Coast Pkwy

65

67.0

-

5
0.5
2

40

7.6
810.7

Flagler Beach

65

65.3

-

NA
0.3
2

41

14.2
824.9

Ormond Beach

65

66.0

-

6
0.5
2

42

4.3
829.2

Seabreeze

65

64.8

-

5
0.7
2

43

1.0
830.2

Carlton Black

65

64.0

-

6+
0.7
2

44

5.3
835.5

Port Orange

65

64.5

-

6
1.2
1

45

11.0
846.5

Harris Saxon

65

68.0

-

5
0.8
1

46

47.5
894.0

City Point

65

65.0
65.3

5

1.5
3

47

3.6
897.6

Cocoa

65

64.5

-

5
1.3
3

48

11.4
909.0

Palm Shores

65

64.5

-

5
0.9
3

49

5.4
914.4

Eau Galle

65

64.5

-

5
1.0
3

50

3.8
918.2

Melbourne Causway

65

65.0
65.0

5

NTA
2

51

25.0
943.2

Webasso

65

64.5
64.5

5

NTA
3

52

8.5
951.7

Vero Beach

65

65.5

-

4+
0.4
2

53

1.5
953.2

17th St. Causeway

65

65.0

-

4+
0.4
3

54

12.6
965.8

Ft. Pierce South

65

65.0

-

5
0.6
1

55

15.6
981.4

Jensen Beach

65

67.5

-

4+
-
1

56

3.5
984.9

Ernest Lyons

65

66.0

-

4+
3.1
3

57

32.3
1017.2

Riviera Beach

65

64.5

-

4+
-
4

58

74.5
1091.7

Rickenbacker

76

-

-
-
-
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Legend
General
- = not recorded
NA = no boards
Fender Boards
3+ = Between 3 & 4
4 = Top of 4th
5 = Top of 5th
5+ = 2' below 5th
6 = Top of 6th
7 = Top of 7th / Below 6th
Tide
NTA = non tidal area
Clearance
1 = VHF cleared by > 6"
2 = VHF cleared by 1 - 4 "
3 = VHF tip flicked bridge beams
4 = VHF top 1/4 bent
5 = VHF top ~ 1/2 bent