Canal du Rhône à Sète (Main Line)

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 190 metres long and 12 metres wide. The maximum headroom is 4.90 metres. The maximum draught is 3 metres.
It has junctions with the River Lez (River Lez (South of Canal du Rhône à Sète)) and the River Lez (River Lez (North of Canal du Rhône à Sète)) at Rhone a Sete - Lez Jonction; with the Canal du Rhône à Sète (Est Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes) at Est Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes and with the Canal du Rhône à Sète (Ouest embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes) at Ouest Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes.
The waterway passes through Frontignan
| Rhône à Sète - St-Gilles Jonction Junction of Canal du Rhône à Sète and Canal de St-Gilles |
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| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 29Km | 0.42 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de Chemin d'Espeyran | 0.76 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 32Km | 3.42 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 33Km | 4.42 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 34Km | 5.43 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D197 | 6.19 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 35Km | 6.42 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 36Km | 7.42 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 37Km | 8.42 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 38Km | 9.43 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D779 | 10.37 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 39Km | 10.43 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Gallician | 10.50 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Kilometre Post - La Rhone 40Km | 11.43 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont des Tourradons | 14.24 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Est Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes East branch of the Canal du Rhône à Sète to Aigues-Mortes |
18.99 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D46 | 19.69 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D979 | 20.85 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Ouest Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes West branch of the Canal du Rhône à Sète to Aigues-Mortes |
22.73 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D61 | 28.51 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D62 | 39.53 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Carnon | 39.85 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D21 | 40.38 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Rhone a Sete - Lez Jonction Junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète with the River Lez |
44.90 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D986 | 44.97 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D114 | 56.37 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D612 (Frontignan) | 61.61 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Frontignan à Sète | 62 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D129 | 62.04 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Frontignan | 62.16 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Depot Frontignan | 63.24 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D600 | 66.01 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Balaruc-le-Vieux - Sète | 67.23 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de D2 (Frontignan) | 67.25 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Thau - Rhône à Sète Jonction Junction of the Étang de Thau with the Canal du Rhône à Sète |
67.92 kilometres | 0 locks |
- VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
- The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
Wikipedia has a page about Canal du Rhône à Sète
The Canal du Rhône à Sète (lit. "canal from the Rhône to Sète") is a canal in southern France, which connects the Étang de Thau in Sète to the Rhône River in Beaucaire, Gard. The canal is made up of two previously constructed canals, the Canal des Étangs and Canal de Beaucaire. It connects with the Canal du Midi through the Étang de Thau.
There is, however, no access to the Rhône at Beaucaire as the lock has been closed since the Vallebregues barage was built. The possibility of re-establishing the link "is being studied, but there is no prospect for the immediate future". Access to the Rhône is instead via the lock situated to the west of Saint-Gilles which links the canal to the Petit Rhône and from there northeastwards to the junction with the Grand Rhône at Fourques situated to the north of Arles.
Apart from the lock at Saint-Gilles there is only one other operating lock on the canal between St Gilles and Beaucaire. The canal is almost totally situated at sea level and the western part from the Vidourle river to the Étang de Thau is a sea-water canal.
In recent years major work has been undertaken to upgrade the canal so it can now be used by 1200t convoys instead of the previous 350t barges. Most notable are a stretch of canal bypassing the town of Aigues-Mortes with its railway swing bridge and a direct canal link to the port of Sète eliminating the passage of lifting and swing bridges in Frontignan and Sète.
