Actually in Ft. Pierce the I-95 and Florida Turnpike bridges are fixed at 56'. A whole extra foot! I think those are it but I may be wrong. I stopped looking as soon as I determined I couldn't make the trip.
Steve Weinstein wrote: > But it sounds like anything with 50' or less air draft should be able to > make it across. Do you know for a fact, Philip, that those would be the > only bridges? > > Steve Weinstein > S/V HYDRO-THERAPY > 1981 Cherubini Hunter 33 > Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY > > All outgoing mail protected by Norton A/V > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Sweet spots along the ICW > > > >> I suppose it is a matter of perspective but the bridge at Indiantown is >> 55' and the bridge at Moore Haven is also 55'. The Sanibel Causeway is >> no longer a lift bridge but at least it is fixed at 65'. Maybe fine for >> a sportfish, but way too low for a 52' cutter with a 70' stick. >> >> Philip McConnell >> SV Gryphon >> Punta Gorda >> >> Steve Weinstein wrote: >> >>> Interesting point. A number of years ago I delivered a Bertram 42 Sport >>> Fish from Ft. Meyers to Montauk, NY and I remember crossing Okeechobee >>> and >>> then through a few locks to get to Port St. Lucie on the east coast but I >>> really don't remember any low fixed bridges. Where would those low fixed >>> bridges be? >>> >>> Steve Weinstein >>> S/V HYDRO-THERAPY >>> 1981 Cherubini Hunter 33 >>> Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY >>> >>> All outgoing mail protected by Norton A/V >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Philip McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:41 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Sweet spots along the ICW >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Circumnavigating S. Florida using the cross Florida canal from Ft. >>>> Pierce to Ft. Myers using Lake Okeechobee. Then around the Keys. Sounds >>>> like fun, but these days unless you draw less than 5' there's no >>>> crossing the lake. 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