Pensacola Yacht Club and basin is on the N side of the entrance to the bayou.
There are several marinas, two boatyards, a shipyard, and shell, sand, and gravel plants on the bayou.
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Pensacola, 7 miles above the entrance to Pensacola Bay, is a commercial city and the site of a U.S. Naval Air Station.
The entrance to Pensacola Bay, 0.6 mile wide, is through Caucus Channel, a cut dredged through shoals that extend 1.5 miles seaward from the entrance.
Bay Channel extends NE for about 4 miles to two parallel channels, West Channel and East Channel, that lead N to Inner Harbor Channel, along the wharves at Pensacola.
No bridges cross Pensacola Bay between the entrance and Pensacola. A highway causeway over the bay between the E part of the city and Town Point has a fixed span with a clearance of 50 feet.
Bayou Chico Channel is a dredged channel that leads from the bay to a turning basin about 1 mile above the entrance to the bayou. A Federal Project provides for 15 feet through the entrance channel, thence 14 feet in the inner channel and turning basin. Bayou Chico, an inlet in the SW part of the city, extends about 1.1 miles W from the Pensacola Bay where it divides into a N arm and a SW arm.
An overhead power cable crosses the bayou 0.25 mile above the mouth with a clearance of 88 feet. The Barrancas Avenue highway bridge, 0.5 mile above the mouth, has a fixed span with a clearance of 65 feet. A fixed bridge with a clearance of 14 feet crosses the bayou about 1.6 miles above the mouth.
