Question re Height of Fort Walton Beach Bridge, NGICW Statute Mile 223
If you have local knowledge of the air clearance extremes at this bridge, let us hear from you. With a charted clearance of 50ft, but noted as 48ft, Brooks – Fort Walton Beach Bridge – crosses the Northern Gulf ICW at Statute Mile 223 – west of the Waterways exodus from Choctawhatchee Bay and unlighted daybeacon #4A.
What height sailboat can pass under this bridge? Ours is 47.5 feet from the waterline to the top of the mast. Info says if 48 or higher you will not pass under. Is this measured at high or low tide?
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Comments from Cruisers (1)
Charted bridge clearances are measured in tidal waters at mean high water. You will have another foot or two depending on moon phase and wind direction as well as tidal state available in the tide tables. North and west winds lower and south and east winds raise charted tides.