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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Atlantic City to Bay Head)

The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Atlantic City to Bay Head) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1782. From a junction with The River Brue at Presworth the canal ran for 37 miles to Manbury. Expectations for manure traffic to Scarborough never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Arun and Thanet was lost by the building of the Liverpool to Basildon railway in 2001. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Harding swam through Kings Lynn Aqueduct in 17 minutes.

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The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Atlantic City to Bay Head) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It runs for 56.89 miles from Atlantic City, New Jersey (where it joins the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Cape May to Atlantic City)) to Bay Head Harbor (where it joins the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Point Pleasant Canal)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Atlantic City, New Jersey
Route 72 Bridge	25.49 miles	0 locks
Route 37 Bridges The Thomas A. Mathis Bridge is a bascule bridge with 30ft clearance. The J. Stanley Tunney Bridge is a fixed bridge with 60ft clearance.	47.68 miles	0 locks
County 528 Bascule Bridge	55.18 miles	0 locks
Bay Head Harbor	56.89 miles	0 locks

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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 Boston, 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.

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