Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River)

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The Withlacoochee River originates in Georgia, northwest of Nashville, Georgia. It flows south through Berrien County where it joins the New River and forms part of the boundary between Berrien and Cook counties. It then flows south into Lowndes County, Georgia. At Troupville, Georgia the Little River joins the Withlacoochee River flows continues to flow south and forms part of the boundary between Lowndes and Brooks counties in Georgia. The river then flows into Florida for 1.34 miles Florida before returning into Georgia for an additional 2.44 miles. It then returns to Florida , forming the northeast boundary of Madison County, Florida and the western boundary of Hamilton County, Florida and eventually merges with the Suwannee at Suwannee River State Park west of Live Oak. The river is 115 miles (185 km) long.^[1] It is believed to be the source for the name of the central Florida river of the same name.

Etymology

"Withlacoochee" probably stems from a Muskhogean dialect, which suggests that its application is comparatively recent. It is compounded of Creek we (water), thlako (big), and chee (little), or little big water. This word combination signifies little river in the Creek language, and as we-lako or wethlako may also refer to a lake, it may signify a river of lakes, or lake river. The St. Johns River which flows through a series of large and small lakes was called welaka by the Seminoles.^[2]

Crossings

Crossing	Carries	Image	Location	ID number	Coordinates
Georgia
SP4 Derrell Danforth Bridge	SR 354		Lenox, Georgia to Alapaha, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	SR 125		Tifton, Georgia to Nashville, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	Georgia and Florida Railroad (Abandoned 1967) Line was formerly known as the Nashville and Sparks Railroad				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
POW Fred L. Belcher Bridge	SR 76		Adel, Georgia to Nashville, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Shellie W. Parrish Memorial Bridge aka Williams Bridge	SR 37		Adel, Georgia to Ray City, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	Old Lois Road (Closed)				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Futchs Bridge/Ferry	SR 31 Coffee Road				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Hagan Bridge	SR 122	100px	Hahira, Georgia to Lakeland, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	Franklinville Road (Closed)				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Skipper Bridge	Skipper Bridge Road				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Staten Road Bridge	Staten Road				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Double Bridges	US 41 SR 7		Valdosta, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	Norfolk Southern Railway Line formerly known as Georgia Southern and Florida Railway		Valdosta, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	Interstate 75		Troupville, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	SR 133		Troupville, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	Valdosta, Moultrie and Western Railroad (Closed 1923, now defunct)				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	US 84 SR 38		Ousley, Georgia to Quitman, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	CSX Transportation Line was formerly known as the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Spook Bridge	Old Quitman Highway (Closed)	100px	Blue Springs, Georgia		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Spains Bridge/Ferry	Historically Spains Ferry Road (Defunct)		Spains Ferry		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Knights Bridge/Ferry	Historically Knights Ferry Road (Defunct)		Knights Ferry		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Rocky Ford Bridge	Rocky Ford Road/Clyattville-Nankin Road		Rocky Ford		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Georgia – Florida
	Valdosta Railway (Closed 1973)	100px			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Georgia
Horns Ferry Bridge	SR 31		Clyattville, Georgia to Pinetta, Florida		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Old Horns Ferry Bridge	(Built 1895, closed 1940, defunct)		Clyattville, Georgia to Pinetta, Florida		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Florida
	25px SR 150		Bellville, Florida		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	(Defunct)		Bellville, Florida		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	(Defunct)		Madison Blue Spring State Park		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
	SR 6		Madison Blue Spring State Park	320016	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
West Bridge	25px SR 141				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Notes

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↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 18, 2011
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[NHD-1] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 18, 2011

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v t e Significant waterways of Florida
Larger rivers	Alapaha Apalachicola Aucilla Blackwater Caloosahatchee Chattahoochee Chipola Choctawhatchee Econlockhatchee Escambia Hillsborough Indian River Kissimmee Myakka Ochlockonee Ocklawaha Pea Peace Perdido Santa Fe St. Johns St. Marys Suwannee Withlacoochee (North) Withlacoochee (South) Yellow
Lakes	Apopka Crescent Blue Cypress East Tohopekaliga George Harney Harris Iamonia Istokpoga Jackson Jesup Kissimmee Miccosukee Monroe Okeechobee Poinsett Rodman Rousseau Seminole Talquin Tohopekaliga Tsala Apopka Washington Weir
Smaller rivers	Alafia Alapahoochee Anclote Banana River Braden Carrabelle Chassahowitzka Crooked Crystal Dead East East Bay Eau Gallie Econfina Estero Homosassa Hontoon Dead Ichetucknee Imperial Little (Biscayne Bay) Little (Ochlockonee) Little Econlockhatchee Little Manatee Little Wekiva Loxahatchee Manatee Matanzas Miami Mosquito Lagoon New (Broward) New (Carabelle) New (Santa Fe) Oleta Orange Pithlachascotee Rainbow Ribault Shark Silver Sopchoppy St. Lucie St. Marks St. Sebastian Steinhatchee Tomoka Trout Waccasassa Wacissa Wakulla Weeki Wachee Wekiva
Creeks and streams	Billy Black Blackwater (Hillsborough) Blackwater (Lake) Crane Cross Econfina Fisheating Myakkahatchee Orange Pottsburg Shingle Snapper Turkey
Canals	Canaveral Barge Canal Cross Florida Barge Canal Haulover Canal Hillsboro Canal Miami Canal Mud Lake Canal St. Johns-Indian River Barge Canal Tamiami Canal Tampa Bypass Canal
See also	Coastal waters of Florida Everglades Intracoastal Waterway Indian River Lagoon List of Florida rivers List of major springs in Florida Okeechobee Waterway Outstanding Florida Waters

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