Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut
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.
It has junctions with the River Escaut - Eastern Branch at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Escaut(est d'entrée) Jonction; with the Canal de la Deûle at Islot de la Haute Deûle; with the Canal de Lens at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Lens Jonction; with the River Escaut - Western branch at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Escaut(ouest d'entrée) Jonction; with the River Lys at Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction; with the Canal du Nord at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Nord Jonction; with the Scarpe Supérieure at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Supérieure Jonction; with the Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé; with the Scarpe Inférieure at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction; with the River Aa at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Aa Jonction; with the Canal de Bourbourg (northern section) at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Bourbourg (northern section) Jonction; with the Canal de Bourbourg (southern section) at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Bourbourg (southern section) Jonction and with the La Houlle at Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - La Houlle Jonction.
| Dunkerque - Bassin de Mardyck Start of Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut |
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| Ecluse de Mardyck | 1.92 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont de Route de Fortelet | 2.43 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de D601 | 4.38 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Coudekerque - Branche aux Fontinettes | 5.75 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de A16 (Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut ) | 5.91 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de Rue du Canal de Bourbourg | 8.08 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Bourbourg (northern section) Jonction Junction of Canal de Bourbourg (northern section) and the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut |
8.33 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Bourbourg (southern section) Jonction Junction of Canal de Bourbourg (southern section) and Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut at Coppenaxfort |
9.85 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de Route de Bourbourg | 10.63 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de Chemin de Diepe Straete | 12.48 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de D11 (Looberghe) | 15.02 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont l'Abbesse | 19.41 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Calais - Lille (Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut) | 24.48 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Ecluse 1 de Watten | 24.86 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Aa Jonction River Aa becomes part of Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut at Watton |
25.28 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de Rue du Général de Gaulle | 26.21 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - La Houlle Jonction Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the La Houlle River |
28.18 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont Saint-Momelin | 31.98 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de Route de Clairmarais | 36.49 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Écluse de Flandres | 38.79 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont d'Avenue Pierre Mendès France | 39.68 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Arques - Calais | 40.41 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Écluse des Fontinettes | 40.80 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de D942 | 42.67 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue Principale | 43.61 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont d'Asquin | 45.89 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Route d'Hazebrouck | 54.37 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction Junction of River Lys and Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut at Aire-sur-la-Lys |
54.48 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Route de Merville Pecqueur | 54.87 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de la Laque | 56.96 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont d'Isbergues | 58.50 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de Maréchal Foch | 61.53 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de Saint-Venant | 64.31 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de la Brasserie | 65.90 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de l'Eclème | 67.53 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Route de Béthune | 68.83 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue du Rietz du Vinage | 70.10 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue du 8 Mai (Hinges) | 72.68 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de Bois Blancs | 73.90 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de l'Avelette | 74.92 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue d'Estaires | 77.23 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Rue Jacques Morat | 79.99 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Cuinchy | 84.75 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Écluse de Cuinchy | 85.24 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont du Bois | 86.52 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Route de Lens | 88.83 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Voie Rapide de Illes à Lens | 91.43 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Rue du 8 Mai (Billy-Berclau) | 94.59 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Islot de la Haute Deûle Junction of Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the Canal de la Deûle at Bauvin |
94.98 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Bauvin | 95.39 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de Meurchin | 98.33 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de D165 | 99.12 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Pont-à-Vendin - Meurchin | 100.97 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont-à-Vendin | 101.07 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de D917 Route de Lens |
103.28 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Lens Jonction Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the Canal de Lens |
106.01 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Route d'Oignies | 107.80 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire LGV Paris - Bruxelles | 108.57 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de l'Autoroute du Nord (Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut) | 108.88 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont d'Entrepôt Dourges | 109.52 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de la Liberté | 111.37 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Dourges - Ostricourt | 111.78 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Courcelles-lès-Lens | 113.91 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont d'Auby | 117.77 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de l'Autoroute Rocade Minière | 119.61 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Rue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny | 119.75 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Dorignies | 120.61 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction Junction of Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the Scarpe Inférieure at Douai |
120.74 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont d'Ocre | 122.09 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Ecluse de Douai | 122.57 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont d'Esquerchin | 123.01 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont de Route d'Arras | 125.17 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont de Rocade Minière | 125.56 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Corbehem - Dovai | 126.57 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Ecluse de Courchelettes | 126.94 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de Corbehem | 127.04 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Supérieure Jonction Junction of Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the Scarpe Supérieure at Corbehem |
127.30 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Rue de Marais | 129.74 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Ecluse à 2 sas accolés de Goeulzin | 130.76 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Rue d'Oisy | 132.54 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Pont de Rue Andre Joseph Le Glay | 135.79 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Nord Jonction Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the Canal du Nord at Arleux |
136.01 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Escaut(ouest d'entrée) Jonction Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the River Escaut (western entrance) |
148.82 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Escaut(est d'entrée) Jonction Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the River Escaut (eastern entrance) |
151.49 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Ecluse 6 de Pont-Malin | 152.10 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Ecluse 8 de Denain | 160.96 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Ecluse 10 de Trith | 167.36 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Entree du Port de Plaisance "Valescaut" - Valenciennes | 173.80 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Ecluse 12 de Folien | 174.11 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Ecluse 13 de la Folie ou Ecluse de Bruay | 177.04 kilometres | 12 locks | |
| Ecluse 14 de Fresnes | 183.57 kilometres | 13 locks | |
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé Junction of the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut with the Canal de Pommeroeul à Condé |
183.96 kilometres | 14 locks | |
| Pont du Sarteau | 184.44 kilometres | 14 locks | |
| Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction Junction of the Liason Dunkerque-Escaut with the Scarpe Inférieure at Mortagne-du-Nord, near the French/Belgian border |
197 kilometres | 14 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
- Port de plaisance Valescaut | Valenciennes Métropole — associated with Entree du Port de Plaisance "Valescaut" - Valenciennes
- Marina
- — associated with Écluse de Flandres
Wikipedia has a page about Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut
The Canal Dunkerque-Escaut is a 189 km long series of historic canals, and the canalised river Escaut (Scheldt) that were substantially rebuilt from the mid-1950s up to ca. 1980, with some new sections, from Dunkerque to the Belgian border at Mortagne-du-Nord. Existing canals (listed below) were straightened and widened; and new locks (écluses) were built, also on the river Escaut, from the junction at Bouchain to the border. The route is also known as the Liaison 'à grand gabarit' (large dimensions, or high capacity, literally large gauge) Dunkerque-Escaut. Some authors have separated the waterway into the canal proper and the canalised river Escaut, but current practice is to use the simple name throughout. The Liaison was designed for large commercial vessels up to 85m long by 11.50m wide (and 143m long push-tows). The entire route is being further upgraded to offer European Class Vb dimensions, for push-tows 185m by 11.50m, and motor barges up to 125m long, as part of the current EU-funded Seine-Escaut-Rhine waterway corridor investments, including the new Seine-Nord Europe Canal.