Canal Latéral à la Loire (Embranchement Decize)
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 38.50 metres long and 5.05 metres wide. The maximum headroom is 3.50 metres. The maximum draught is 1.80 metres.
Access to the Canal du Nivernais at Saint-Légér-des-Vignes can be gained through this embranchement and careful navigation for 1.75 km on the Loire itself.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Voies navigables de France| Port de Jonction Decize Junction of Canal Latéral à la Loire and Embranchement Decize |
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| Ecluse 16 bis St. Maurice | 0.07 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Bassin de Jonction Decize | 0.32 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Ecluse 16 ter Decize | 0.53 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Embranchement Decize - Loire Junction Junction of the Embranchement Decize and the River Loire |
0.60 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de la Jonction Decize | 1.13 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Loire - Aron Junction Junction of the River Loire and the River Aron on the Embranchement Decize |
2.35 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Canal du Nivernais - Loire Junction Junction of the Canal du Nivernais and the River Loire |
2.47 kilometres | 2 locks |
- VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
- The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
Wikipedia has a page about Canal Latéral à la Loire
The Canal Latéral à la Loire (French pronunciation: [kanal lateʁal a la lwaʁ]) was constructed between 1827 and 1838 to connect the Canal de Briare at Briare and the Canal du Centre at Digoin, a distance of 196 kilometres (122 mi). It replaced the use of the river Loire, which was unreliable during winter floods and summer droughts. Aqueducts were used to cross the Allier at Le Guétin (in the commune of Cuffy) and the Loire at Digoin. However, because of the extreme length required, an aqueduct was not built to cross the Loire at Briare until 1896, when the Briare aqueduct was constructed.