There are numerous small-craft facilities on both sides of the Caloosahatchee River in the vicinity of Fort Myers.
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The Caloosahatchee River flows generally SW from its source in Lake Okeechobee and empties into San Carlos Bay at Punta Rassa. The river has an average width of about 1 mile to a point 3 miles above Fort Myers, and then narrows to little more than the width of the channel which has been dredged to Lake Okeechobee.
A dredged channel, part of the Okeechobee Waterway, leads from Punta Rassa to Fort Myers. The channel is well marked by lights, daybeacons, and ranges. In 1995, the midchannel controlling depth was 8 feet.
Fort Myers, on the SE side of Caloosahatchee River 14 miles above the mouth, is the commercial center for this part of the State.
Edison Memorial Bridge (U.S. Business Route 41), has two fixed spans which cross the Caloosahatchee River at Fort Myers, Mile 134.5, with a vertical clearance of 56 feet.
Caloosahatchee Bridge (U.S. Route 41), which crosses the Caloosahatchee River about 0.5 mile SW of the Edison Memorial Bridge has a fixed span with a clearance of 55 feet at the main channel.
