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Notices to Navigation

Navigation Bulletins

Describes and informs waterway users of variations to normal operations or conditions.

• Update Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation Project Culvert C-1 and C-1A Replacement Adjacent to Route 2 of the Okeechobee Waterway (04/30/12)
• Okeechobee Waterway, Florida (03/27/12)
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Okeechobee Waterway (OWW)

Navigation Depths — The Navigation Depth (Draft) available along the area of concern for Route 1 is posted in the first section of this report.

Currently This Area is Described Approximately as Follows:

Lake Okeechobee Route 1, Green Day Marker #1 (G1), Approximately Quarter Mile From Easterly Direction of This Position and Nearly to Red Day Marker #2 (R2); There is Silting and Shoaling This Area is Depicted on Drawing #4/10 or Sheet 8 on The Survey Set, 07-048 Mar 2007.

Project Condition Surveys — Navigation between St. Lucie River and Ft. Myers.

For Lake Okeechobee Route 1 Scroll to the following survey set as follows:

Okeechobee Waterway, Florida (Route1) - Click on the Hydrographic Surveys PDF icon.

General Information for the Okeechobee Waterway can be found at South Florida Operations Office web page.

Additional Links

• Navigation Structures
• Lock Information
• Bridge Information
• Brochure: Locking Through the Okeechobee Waterway and Canaveral Harbor
• U.S. Coast Guard

Contact Information

In reply refer to:

US Army Corps of Engineers
CESAJ-CO-OM
P. O. Box 4970
Jacksonville, FL, 32232-0019

or

US Army Corps of Engineers
South Florida Operations Office
525 Ridgelawn Road
Clewiston, FL 33440-5399
Phone: (863) 983-8101

Information regarding closures please call:

Mon - Fri 8:00 am to 5 pm – (904) 232-2539

Daily 6:00 am to 9:30 pm
Moore Haven Lock – (863) 946-0414
Ortona Lock – (863) 675-0616
Port Mayaca Lock – (561) 924-2858
St. Lucie Lock – (772) 287-2665
W. P. Franklin Lock – (239) 694-5451