Intracoastal Waterway

American  

[in-truh-koh-stuhl, in-] / ˈɪn trəˈkoʊ stəl, ˌɪn- /

noun

1. a mostly inland water route, partly natural and partly artificial, extending 1,550 miles (2,500 km) along the Atlantic coast from Boston to Florida Bay Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and 1,116 miles (1,800 km) along the Gulf coast from Carrabelle, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: constructed to protect small craft from the hazards of the open sea.

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Intracoastal Waterway British  

/ ˌɪntrəˈkəʊstəl /

noun

1. short for Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

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Intracoastal Waterway

The Barbalaces used the $1.6 million proceeds from selling their home and a photography studio in Tysons to buy a half-acre on the Intracoastal Waterway for about $1.1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Shell Pipeline Co's Zydeco oil pipeline was shut on April 25 after a limited release of crude oil was detected in the Intracoastal Waterway, east of the Sabine River, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.

From Reuters ● Apr. 28, 2023

About 60 percent of U.S. corn and soybean exports move down the Mississippi, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio and Tennessee rivers, according to the U.S.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022

Virtual reality has allowed her to take her son to Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway, where she’d enjoyed fishing vacations with her husband.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

During the last week of January the locks on the Intracoastal Waterway were closed to exclude the toxic waters from Matagorda Bay and divert them into the Gulf of Mexico.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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