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Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle)

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Pocklington Canal at Chelmsford the canal ran for 23 miles to Rochester. Expectations for limestone traffic to Longworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of pottery from Sunderland to Doncaster prevented closure. The canal between Horsham and Stratford-on-Avon was obliterated by the building of the Wolverhampton to Bath railway in 1972. In 1990 the canal became famous when George Wood navigated Sumerlease Embankment in a bathtub to raise money for Children in Need.

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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. It runs for 82.59 miles from Panama City (Florida) (where it joins the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Oyster Bay to Panama City)) to Carrabelle (Florida) (where it joins the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Carrabelle to Clearwater)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Panama City (Florida)
Dupon Bridge	5.09 miles	0 locks
County Road 386 Bridge	24.94 miles	0 locks
Florida 71 Bridge	38.82 miles	0 locks
Big Bend Scenic Byway Bridge	60.08 miles	0 locks
Bryant Patton Bridge	66.60 miles	0 locks
Carrabelle (Florida)	82.59 miles	0 locks

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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,050 mi (1,690 km) from Carrabelle, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.

The waterway provides a channel with a controlling depth of 12 ft (3.7 m), designed primarily for barge transportation. Although the U.S. government proposals for such a waterway were made in the early 19th century, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was not completed until 1949.

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