Port Mayaca Lock and Dam


The Port Mayaca Lock is a navigable lock and dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, adjacent to U.S. Route 441 and U.S. Route 98 at Canal Point, in Martin County, Florida, United States.
It is located near Port Mayaca at latitude 26° 59" 5', longitude -80° 37" 5'.
Port Mayaca Lock is open daily from 7:00am to 5:00pm. New Lock hour as of 1 April 2015.
The total cost of construction was $13.1 million.

Purpose

This structure was created to help raise the water level in the lake, for the purpose of retaining fresh water for agricultural use, city water supply, and for navigation. It also serves for regulating flood control water into the Everglades during hurricane season.

Technical information

The lock chamber is wide by long, and deep. The lift distance between the St. Lucie Canal and Lake Okeechobee is normally 1/2 to. The channel width is, and deep.
The lock gates are "sector gates", and are made of steel. The spillway is ogee-type concrete, with 4 vertical lift gates.
The discharge capacity is.

Radio channel

This lock operates on Marine VHF radio channel 13.

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