Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,300 mi (2,100 km) from Saint Marks, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.
Leland Bowman Lock near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
The Corps of Engineers marks the Intracoastal with channel markers like this one.
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway enters Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, Texas
The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas. Some sections of the waterway consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and sounds, while others are artificial canals. It provides a navigable route along its length without many of the hazards of travel on the open sea.
Intracoastal Waterway at Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010
A section of the Intracoastal Waterway in Pamlico County, North Carolina, crossed by the Hobucken Bridge
Navigation on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, where it intersects with Bayou Perot, in the vicinity of New Orleans
Aerial photo of the Cape Cod Canal and Scusset Beach State Reservation in southeastern Massachusetts