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St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of Stuart, Florida.According to the lock webpage by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lock chamber is "50 feet wide x 250 feet long x 10 feet deep at low water", [2] showing that the design of the canal system and waterway is for shallow barges and not a ship canal.
There are two locks on the St. Lucie Canal. The Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (also known as S-308) is located at the western end of the canal at its outlet to Lake Okeechobee. Its rise is typically 0.5–2 feet (0.15–0.61 m). [3] The St. Lucie Lock and Dam (S-80) divides the canal from sea level on the eastern side, a rise of about 10.5 feet (3.2 ...
The Port Mayaca Lock is a navigable lock and dam on the Okeechobee Waterway (St. Lucie Canal), adjacent to U.S. Route 441 and U.S. Route 98 at Canal Point, in Martin County, Florida, United States. [1] It is located near Port Mayaca at latitude 26° 59" 5', longitude -80° 37" 5'. [2] Port Mayaca Lock is open daily from 7:00am to 5:00pm.
C-44 Canal railroad lift bridge. St. Lucie Lock and Dam (S80). Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (S308). Julian Keen Lock and Dam (S77) Ortona (S78) W.P. Franklin dam (S79) When a boat or other watercraft ...
Thirty-three hundred cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.1 billion gallons of water from Lake Okeechobee is discharged through the St. Lucie Lock and Dam on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Martin County.
When released, the lake's freshwater pounds through the seven flood gates at the St. Lucie Lock and Dam into the St. Lucie River, normally a mix of freshwater and saltwater.
St. Lucie River: Roosevelt Bridge: Port Mayaca Lock and Dam. Great Pocket Lake Okeechobee: Peck Lake ... Franklin Lock and Dam: Lake Rogers: I-75. Lake Wyman Edison ...
Discharges occur when water from Lake O is released into the St. Lucie River through the 23-mile, man-made C-44 canal. ... 1.2 billion gallons per day through through the St. Lucie Lock and Dam.